Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2017-16723 | In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.441Z
Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-7748
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-04-12T23:59:00.497
Modified: 2026-06-17T01:25:06.780
Link: CVE-2017-7748
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD