CVE-2017-7702

7.5 HIGH

Published: April 12, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, 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 length validation.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97633

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13477

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2f322f66cbcca2fefdaa630494f9d6c97eb659b7

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-13.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97633