CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-11410

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Wireshark versions up to 2.0.13 and 2.2.x up to 2.2.7, the WBXML dissector could enter an infinite loop triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed by adding validation of the relationships between indexes and lengths.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that exploit this vulnerability to disrupt Wireshark's operation, potentially leading to data loss or downtime in network traffic analysis.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Wireshark to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for potential attack attempts.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In Wireshark through 2.0.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.7, the WBXML dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c by adding validation of the relationships between indexes and lengths. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7702.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS