ALPINE-CVE-2017-17997

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-17997
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-17997.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2017-17997
Upstream
Published
2017-12-30T07:29:00Z
Modified
2026-06-15T18:24:31Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.5 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.12-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-17997.json"