7.8

CVE-2017-15193: wireshark Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-15193UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15193DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15193
Published 10-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15193 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
MGASA-2017-0374OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1SUSE-SU-2017:2860-1SUSE-SU-2018:0054-1

Timeline

  1. 10-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the MBIM dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the memory-allocation approach.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.66% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • wireshark< 2.2.10-r0
Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 2.4.2-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wireshark< 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1 | < 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1 | < 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5 | 2.2.6 | 2.2.7 | 2.2.8 | 2.2.9 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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