CVE-2017-7748

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file

published April 12, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
3%
Percentile
86.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02772 · 86.2th percentile
Published
2017-04-12T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 APR 23:00Z
    In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file
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