7.8

CVE-2017-7748: wireshark Infinite Loop

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-7748DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7748
Published 12-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7748 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Infinite Loop vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.1% 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
2.77%
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 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1

Timeline

  1. 12-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.77% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.77%

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

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 2.2.6+g32dac6a-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
  • wiresharkEOL2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2.4 | 2.2.5

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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