CVE-2017-9616 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Wireshark by sending a crafted MP4 file with overly deep chunks, leading to stack exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-9616?
CVE-2017-9616 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 14 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Wireshark 2.2.7, overly deep mp4 chunks may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_mp4_box function in epan/dissectors/file-mp4.c.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9616?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9616?
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-2017-9616 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9616 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9616, GHSA-w848-9v8p-7jfr, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9616.