HIGH
wireshark: RPCoRDMA dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-15)
Published Apr 12, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.71%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the RPC over RDMA dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rpcrdma.c by correctly checking for going beyond the maximum offset.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0.0
- 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
No data.
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 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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
5.9 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.71% 0.02709
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02709
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 | 2.71% (0.02709) | 85.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.71% (0.02709) | 83.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.53% (0.00530) | 64.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.95% (0.01952) | 72.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.53% (0.00530) | 65.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00262) | 66.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00262) | 65.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00262) | 63.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00269) | 62.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 32.67th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 31.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 71.88th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97630 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7705 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13558 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1441972 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08d392bbecc8fb666bf979e70a34536007b83ea2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7705
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7705
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-15.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97630 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7705 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13558 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1441972 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08d392bbecc8fb666bf979e70a34536007b83ea2 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7705 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7705 | ||
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-15.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 12, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Apr 11, 2017
Link CVE-2017-7705
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a