Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5, the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-17.html
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13453
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6032b0fe5fc1176ab77e03e20765f95fbd21b19e
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97634
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=da53a90b6895e47e03c5de05edf84bd99d535fd8
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0053
EPSS Percentile
67.3%
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 (6)
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.1
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.2
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.3
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.4
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.5
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026