CVE-2017-15191

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

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Wireshark: Wireshark · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wireshark Wireshark	From 2.0.0 to 2.0.15
Wireshark Wireshark	From 2.2.0 to 2.2.9
Wireshark Wireshark	From 2.4.0 to 2.4.1

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

References (12)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor 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 ListThird Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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