CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-7700

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Apr 12, 2017 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record 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) 2.0.11 (including)
Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.0 (including) 2.2.5 (including)
Wireshark Ubuntu artful *
Wireshark Ubuntu bionic *
Wireshark Ubuntu precise *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty *
Wireshark Ubuntu upstream *
Wireshark Ubuntu xenial *
Wireshark Ubuntu yakkety *
Wireshark Ubuntu zesty *

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