Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wireshark package, versions [2.0.0,2.0.15)[2.2.0,2.2.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318538
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed30 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13765  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.0.15, 2.2.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The IrCOMM dissector has a buffer over-read and application crash. This was addressed in plugins/irda/packet-ircomm.c by adding length validation.

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