CVE-2017-17083
High
CVE-2017-17083
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.
Exploit probability
2.7%
Published
December 1, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
14 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-17083
View original source
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html