CVE-2017-6471

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file

published March 4, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by validating the capability length.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02667 · 85.5th percentile
Published
2017-03-04T03:38Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 MAR 03:38Z
    In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file
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