Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wireshark package, versions [,2.2.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318054
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed27 Dec 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17935  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.2.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers the attempted processing of an empty line.

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