wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
Published Mar 4, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.67%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
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 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.67% (0.02667) | 85.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02594) | 83.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 27, 2026 | 2.04% (0.02045) | 84.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 0.70% (0.00700) | 71.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 2.04% (0.02045) | 82.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.70% (0.00700) | 70.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00219) | 60.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00219) | 59.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00153) | 49.71th | 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 |
References (9)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96571 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6472 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13347 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429580 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b3a0909beff8963b390034c594e0b6be6a4e531 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6472
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6472
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.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/96571 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6472 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13347 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429580 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b3a0909beff8963b390034c594e0b6be6a4e531 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6472 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6472 | ||
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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