CVE-2017-6474

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

04/03/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating record sizes.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::	2.0.0 (including)	2.0.10 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::	2.2.0 (including)	2.2.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2017-6474

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools