7.5
HIGH
CVE-2017-17083
Wireshark NetBIOS crash vulnerability
Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 1, 2017, 8:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Source :

cve@mitre.org

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-17083 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Wireshark wireshark

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-17083 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-17083 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029
    Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249
    Added Reference https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060
    Added Reference https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Feb. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Dec. 15, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249 No Types Assigned https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html No Types Assigned https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3 No Types Assigned https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-754
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Dec. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Dec. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-17083 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-17083 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.92 }} -0.92%

score

0.73828

percentile

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