CVE-2017-7704: In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5, the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in…

PriorityP335high7.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

2.71%

84.4th percentile

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5, the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value.

Affected

11 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wireshark	< wireshark 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1 (bookworm)	wireshark 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1 (bookworm)
wireshark	wireshark	—	—
wireshark	wireshark	—	—
wireshark	wireshark	—	—
wireshark	wireshark	—	—
wireshark	wireshark	—	—
wireshark	wireshark	—	—
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

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.07.8HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5HIGH

vendor_redhat7.5HIGH

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