NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.4.0-1
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- published15 Jul 2026
- disclosed30 Dec 2017
Introduced: 30 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17997 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest wireshark to version 2.4.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2017-17997
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17997
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=80a695869c9aef2fb473d9361da068022be7cb50
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25063/
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80a695869c9aef2fb473d9361da068022be7cb50
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-02.html