CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-6467

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Mar 04, 2017 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.9 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a Netscaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by changing the restrictions on file size.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wireshark Wireshark 2.0.0 (including) 2.0.10 (including)
Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.0 (including) 2.2.4 (including)
Wireshark Ubuntu precise *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty *
Wireshark Ubuntu upstream *
Wireshark Ubuntu xenial *
Wireshark Ubuntu yakkety *
Wireshark Ubuntu zesty *

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