CVE-2017-7747

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the PacketBB dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c by restricting additions to the protocol tree.

• CWE-20

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97638Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13559Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5cfd52d6629cf8a7ab67c6bacd3431a964f43584
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-18.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97638Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13559Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5cfd52d6629cf8a7ab67c6bacd3431a964f43584
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-18.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Apr 12, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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