CVE-2017-17997
High
CVE-2017-17997
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.
Exploit probability
1.8%
Published
December 30, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
93 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-17997
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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