Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0, the Modbus dissector could crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbtcp.c by adding length validation.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 7.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100545
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039254
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13925Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b87ffbd12bddf64582c0a6e082b462744474de94
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-40.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100545
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039254
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13925Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b87ffbd12bddf64582c0a6e082b462744474de94
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-40.htmlVendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 30, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified