CVE-2017-15191: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.15, the DMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating a string length.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: from 2.0.0, up to and including 2.0.15; from 2.2.0, up to and including 2.2.9; from 2.4.0, up to and including 2.4.1

Published 2017-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.