CVE-2017-13764

In Wireshark 2.4.0, the Modbus dissector could crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbtcp.c by adding length validation.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100545
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039254
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13925	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b87ffbd12bddf64582c0a6e082b462744474de94
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-40.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100545
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039254
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13925	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b87ffbd12bddf64582c0a6e082b462744474de94
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-40.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-08-30 09:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-13764

Mitre link : CVE-2017-13764

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-13764

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wireshark

wireshark

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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