CVE-2017-5597

7.5 HIGH
Published: January 25, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95798
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13345
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19747/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57894f741f7cc98b46c9fdce7eee8256d2a4ae3f
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95798
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13345
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19747/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57894f741f7cc98b46c9fdce7eee8256d2a4ae3f
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.0%
78th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-190

Affected Vendors

wireshark

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