wireshark: PROFINET IO data with a high recursion depth can cause stack exhaustion
Published Jun 21, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.42%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.7, PROFINET IO data with a high recursion depth allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq function in plugins/profinet/packet-dcerpc-pn-io.c.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 8.0
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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.42% (0.03422) | 88.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.82% (0.03822) | 88.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.89% (0.00889) | 73.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.05% (0.02053) | 73.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.89% (0.00889) | 73.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00187) | 57.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00187) | 56.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00163) | 51.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00144) | 48.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00152) | 49.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 33.90th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 33.20th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 73.32th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.62% (0.01623) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99187 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9766 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13811 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464051 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d6e888400ba64de3147d1111a4c23edf389b0000 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9766
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9766
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99187 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9766 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13811 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1464051 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d6e888400ba64de3147d1111a4c23edf389b0000 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9766 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9766 |
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