Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the IMAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-imap.c by calculating a line's end correctly.
Published: 2017-04-12
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1634-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16679 In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the IMAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-imap.c by calculating a line's end correctly.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0091}

epss

{'score': 0.00915}


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Debian Debian Linux
Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:27.827Z

Reserved: 2017-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7703

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-12T23:59:00.260

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7703

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-04-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7703 - Bugzilla

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