CVE-2017-15191

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.15, the DMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating a string length.

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/101227	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14068	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/23591	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8dbb21dfde14221dab09b6b9c7719b9067c1f06e
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-44.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101227	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14068	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/23591	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8dbb21dfde14221dab09b6b9c7719b9067c1f06e
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-44.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-10-10 21:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-15191

Mitre link : CVE-2017-15191

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-15191

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wireshark

wireshark

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

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