CVE-2017-17935
Wireshark: denial of service in the File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · December 27, 2017
Updated · May 13, 2026
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write