CVE-2017-7700: 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…

PriorityP427medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

2.10%

79.5th percentile

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

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	wireshark	< wireshark 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1 (bookworm)	wireshark 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1 (bookworm)
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1	2.2.6+g32dac6a-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1	2.2.6+g32dac6a-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1	2.2.6+g32dac6a-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1	2.2.6+g32dac6a-1
wireshark	wireshark	2.0.0 – 2.0.11	—
wireshark	wireshark	2.2.0 – 2.2.5	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.07.1HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5LOW

vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM

vendor_cisco4.2MEDIUM

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