vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2017-11411 : openSAFETY dissector memory exhaustion
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jul 18, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 18, 2017
Added
Oct 4, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
In Wireshark through 2.0.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.7, the openSAFETY dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by adding length validation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-9350.
Solutions
wireshark-upgrade-2_0_14wireshark-upgrade-2_2_8
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