CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-9346

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Wireshark versions 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the SoulSeek dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed by making loop bounds more explicit.

Risk Assessment

An infinite loop in the dissector can lead to application hangs, affecting the availability of the analytical tool. This may hinder network traffic analysis and result in data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Wireshark to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and ensure application stability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the SoulSeek dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c by making loop bounds more explicit.

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