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CVE-2017-9616

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9616 describes a stack exhaustion vulnerability in Wireshark version 2.2.7, specifically within the dissect_mp4_box function, due to overly deep MP4 chunks. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with user interaction required, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9616Low

wireshark: Overly deep mp4 chunks may cause stack exhaustion

Jun 8, 2017

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99085
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038706
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry