CVE-2017-9345

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go into an infinite loop

published June 2, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by trying to detect self-referencing pointers.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03024 · 87.3th percentile
Published
2017-06-02T05:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JUN 05:04Z
    In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go into an infinite loop
    cvelistv5