Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f55cbcde2c8f74b652add4450b0592082eb6acff
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-21.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97628
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13581
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
55.6%
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 (18)
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.1
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.2
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.3
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.4
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.5
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.6
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.7
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.8
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.9
... and 8 more
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026