CVE-2022-0585 — Excessive Iteration in Wireshark

CWE-834 — Excessive IterationCWE-835 — Infinite Loop8 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA4.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
WiresharkWireshark Foundation WiresharkDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 18
Latest updateJun 4

Description

Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDwireshark/wireshark3.4.0 — 3.4.12+1
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.4.16-0+deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5wireshark_foundation/wireshark>=3.4.0, <3.4.12, >=3.6.0, <3.6.2+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 34, 35

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gpmp-x3gj-4qx8: Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3↗2022-02-19
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OSV
CVE-2022-0585: Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3↗2022-02-18
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CVEList
CVE-2022-0585: Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3↗2022-02-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities↗2025-06-04
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Red Hat
wireshark: Large loops in multiple dissectors↗2022-02-10
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Microsoft
Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file↗2022-02-08
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Debian
CVE-2022-0585: wireshark - Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4....↗2022
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