High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6658
CVE-2017-6658
Description
Cisco Sourcefire Snort 3.0 before build 233 has a Buffer Overread related to use of a decoder array. The size was off by one making it possible to read past the end of the array with an ether type of 0xFFFF. Increasing the array size solves this problem.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:sourcefire_snort:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
3- blog.snort.org/2017/05/snort-vulnerabilities-found.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170515-snortnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038483nvd
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