CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-10897

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Apr 09, 2019 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
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
4.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WiresharkWireshark3.0.0 (including)3.0.0 (including)
WiresharkUbuntutrusty*

References