wireshark: Overly deep mp4 chunks may cause stack exhaustion
Published Jun 14, 2017
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.03%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.7, overly deep mp4 chunks may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_mp4_box function in epan/dissectors/file-mp4.c.
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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/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 v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.03% (0.01033) | 62.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.03% (0.01033) | 62.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00081) | 35.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00081) | 34.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00081) | 32.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99085 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038706 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9616 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13777 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464048 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9616
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9616
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99085 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038706 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9616 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13777 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464048 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9616 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9616 |
Change history (0)
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