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CVE-2017-7700 Details

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record size.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13478 CVEIssue TrackingPatch
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8fc0af859de4993951a915ad735be350221f3f53 CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-14.html CVEVendor Advisory

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wireshark wireshark
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.11
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7700
NVD Published Date:
Apr 12, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7700 Details - Not Deferred