wireshark: DICOM dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-27)
Published Jun 2, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.94%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DICOM dissector has an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by validating a length value.
Affected products
No data.
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.
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:C
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.94% (0.02942) | 86.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.94% (0.02942) | 85.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00806) | 71.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.94% (0.02937) | 77.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00806) | 72.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00301) | 70.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00301) | 68.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00301) | 66.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00212) | 57.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 18, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00193) | 55.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00274) | 62.97th | 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 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 34.20th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 33.50th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 73.96th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (11)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98803 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9349 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1329 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13685 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458141 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cb1b6494c44c9e939d9e2554de6b812de395e3f9 x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00031.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9349
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9349
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-27.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
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