{"cve":"CVE-2017-6473","nvd":{"published":"2017-03-04T03:59:00.397","modified":"2026-06-17T01:22:24.817","status":"Modified","description":"In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a K12 file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/k12.c by validating the relationships between lengths and offsets.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96565","https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13431","https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7edc761a01cda8e1b37677f673985582330317d2","https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-09.html"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","wireshark:wireshark"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:54.846948762+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-6473","score":0.02924,"percentile":0.87056,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}