5.5

CVE-2017-9617: wireshark Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-9617DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9617
Published 14-06-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9617 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.14%
0%100%
Low · -0.41 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
SUSE-SU-2017:2555-1SUSE-SU-2018:0054-1

Timeline

  1. 14-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.7, deeply nested DAAP data may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_daap_one_tag function in epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c in the DAAP dissector.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.41 pp

From 1.54% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.14%

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< 2.4.0-1
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

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links