CVE-2017-9353

Publication date 2 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the IPv6 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.c by validating an IPv6 address.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wireshark	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
	17.10 artful	Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.17.04
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.10
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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