{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2017-17997","details":"In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.","modified":"2026-06-15T18:24:56.661955475Z","published":"2017-12-30T07:29:00.537Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-17997"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-17997"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wireshark","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.5","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.12-r0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-17997.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}