CVE-2017-15191

7.5 HIGH

Published: October 10, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.15, the DMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating a string length.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101227

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14068

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://code.wireshark.org/review/23591

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8dbb21dfde14221dab09b6b9c7719b9067c1f06e

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-44.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101227