Description
In Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite loop and memory exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet. This will quickly exhaust all system memory.
Published: 2017-02-17
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-826-1 wireshark security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3811-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15082 In Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite loop and memory exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet. This will quickly exhaust all system memory.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00421}

epss

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Debian Debian Linux
Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:18:49.363Z

Reserved: 2017-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6014

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-17T07:59:00.967

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-6014

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-02-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6014 - Bugzilla

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