CVE-2017-13766: High severity wireshark vulnerability

Published Aug 30, 2017
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Updated

In Wireshark 2.4.0 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.8, the Profinet I/O dissector could crash with an out-of-bounds write. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-dcerpc-pn-io.c by adding string validation.

Affected Software

24 affected componentsFixes available
debian/wireshark
2.6.20-0+deb10u42.6.20-0+deb10u73.4.10-0+deb11u14.0.6-1~deb12u14.0.10-1
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.0
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.1
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.2
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.3
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.4
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.5
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.6
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.7
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.8
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.9
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.10
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.11
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.12
Wireshark Wireshark=2.0.13
Wireshark Wireshark=2.2.0
Wireshark Wireshark=2.2.1
Wireshark Wireshark=2.2.2
Wireshark Wireshark=2.2.3
Wireshark Wireshark=2.2.4
Wireshark Wireshark=2.2.5
Wireshark Wireshark=2.2.6
Wireshark Wireshark=2.2.7
Wireshark Wireshark=2.4.0

Event History

Aug 30, 2017
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:00 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2017-13766?

CVE-2017-13766 has been assigned a high severity rating due to the potential for crashing the application.

2

How do I fix CVE-2017-13766?

To fix CVE-2017-13766, update Wireshark to version 2.6.20 or later.

3

Which versions of Wireshark are affected by CVE-2017-13766?

CVE-2017-13766 affects Wireshark versions 2.0.0 to 2.4.0.

4

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2017-13766?

CVE-2017-13766 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability found in the Profinet I/O dissector.

5

Is there a workaround for CVE-2017-13766 before applying a patch?

There is no known workaround for CVE-2017-13766; updating to a patched version is recommended.

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