CVE-2017-6468 — wireshark: NetScaler file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2017-08)

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HIGH

wireshark: NetScaler file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2017-08)

Published Mar 4, 2017

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.59%

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating the relationship between pages and records.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

wireshark

Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

wireshark

Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

wireshark

Will not fix

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	wireshark	Will not fix	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	wireshark	Will not fix	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	wireshark	Will not fix	n/a

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.59% 0.02594

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02594

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (16 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.59% (0.02594)	84.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.59% (0.02594)	83.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Nov 21, 2025	0.70% (0.00704)	71.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Nov 18, 2025	2.36% (0.02362)	83.61th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jul 20, 2024	0.26% (0.00264)	66.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 3, 2024	0.26% (0.00264)	65.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	0.26% (0.00264)	63.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00184)	53.89th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	1.25% (0.01247)	30.57th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	1.25% (0.01247)	29.93th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	1.25% (0.01247)	68.62th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	1.25% (0.01247)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (9)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96569
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6468
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13430
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429585
Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f3bc84b7e7e435c50b8b68f0fc526d0f5676cbf
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6468
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6468
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-08.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96569		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6468		Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13430		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429585		Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f3bc84b7e7e435c50b8b68f0fc526d0f5676cbf		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6468
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6468
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-08.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory