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.
2017-06-02T05:29:00.310
2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Deferred
CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
10.0
6.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | wireshark | wireshark | ≤ 2.0.12 | Yes |
Application | wireshark | wireshark | ≤ 2.2.6 | Yes |