Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a Netscaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by changing the restrictions on file size.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12083
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=284ad58d288722a8725401967bff0c4455488f0c
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96561
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-11.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0070
EPSS Percentile
72.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.0 - 2.0.10
Published
Mar 04, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026