CVE-2017-7700

Published: Apr 12, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record size.

Affected (3)

Products: Wireshark: Wireshark · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wireshark Wireshark	From 2.0.0 to 2.0.11
Wireshark Wireshark	From 2.2.0 to 2.2.5

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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

References (14)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97631

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13478

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8fc0af859de4993951a915ad735be350221f3f53

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-14.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97631