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CVE-2017-17935
The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c in Wireshark through 2.2.11 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows…
High7.5EPSS 3.0%
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- mitre
Description
The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c in Wireshark through 2.2.11 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers the attempted processing of an empty line.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14295 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/24997/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190115 [SECURITY] [DLA 1634-1] wireshark security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 102311 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137ab7d5681486c6d6cc8faac4300b7cd4ec0cf1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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