CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-9617

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: Jun 14, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW
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In Wireshark 2.2.7, deeply nested DAAP data may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_daap_one_tag function in epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c in the DAAP dissector.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WiresharkWireshark2.2.7 (including)2.2.7 (including)
WiresharkUbuntuartful*
WiresharkUbuntubionic*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
WiresharkUbuntutrusty*
WiresharkUbuntutrusty/esm*
WiresharkUbuntuxenial*
WiresharkUbuntuyakkety*
WiresharkUbuntuzesty*

Potential Mitigations

References