HIGH
wireshark: IPv6 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-33)
Published Jun 2, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 14.01%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the IPv6 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.c by validating an IPv6 address.
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.
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
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
14.01% 0.14007
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.14007
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 (28 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.01% (0.14007) | 96.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 14.01% (0.14007) | 96.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 11.50% (0.11499) | 95.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 14.01% (0.14007) | 96.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 11.50% (0.11499) | 95.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 14.01% (0.14007) | 96.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 11.50% (0.11499) | 95.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 14.01% (0.14007) | 96.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 11.50% (0.11499) | 95.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.01% (0.14007) | 96.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 13.69% (0.13695) | 94.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 7.99% (0.07995) | 91.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 10.01% (0.10007) | 92.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 7.99% (0.07995) | 91.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.42% (0.06425) | 90.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.39% (0.16387) | 91.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.42% (0.06425) | 90.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.14% (0.02140) | 89.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.14% (0.02140) | 88.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.91% (0.00913) | 80.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.81% (0.00810) | 79.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 94.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 94.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.21% (0.10212) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 7.04% (0.07038) | 83.71th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 7.04% (0.07038) | 83.55th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 7.04% (0.07038) | 91.20th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 7.04% (0.07038) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98805 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-2017-9353 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1303 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13675 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458148 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b2d475c2ad550c1a0f536d5eb30f2a7404c4f0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9353
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9353
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42123/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-33.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98805 | 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-2017-9353 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1303 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13675 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458148 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b2d475c2ad550c1a0f536d5eb30f2a7404c4f0 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9353 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9353 | ||
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42123/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-33.html | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 2, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jun 1, 2017
Link CVE-2017-9353
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a