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CVE-2017-5596

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.

Published

2017-01-25T21:59:00.137

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-190
    CWE-835
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.0 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.1 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.2 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.3 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.4 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.5 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.6 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.7 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.8 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.9 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.2.0 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.2.1 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.2.2 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.2.3 Yes
References