CVE-2017-6468 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating the relationship between pages and records.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00704.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Wireshark	Wireshark

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-858-1	wireshark security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3811-1	wireshark security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15525	In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating the relationship between pages and records.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96569
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13430
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9f3bc84b7e7e435c50b8b68f0fc526d0f5676cbf
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6468
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6468
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-08.html

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.007}`	epss `{'score': 0.00704}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-04T03:38:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.081Z

Reserved: 2017-03-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-6468

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-04T03:59:00.210

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6468

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-03-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6468 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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