CVE-2017-15193 Denial of service in n/a
A flaw in the MBIM dissector allows attackers to crash Wireshark or exhaust system memory, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-15193?
CVE-2017-15193 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 10 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the MBIM dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the memory-allocation approach.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15193?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15193?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-15193 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15193 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-15193, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15193, GHSA-7x56-pwr8-339q, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15193.