CVE-2017-11406
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.81%wireshark - security update
Published: 7/18/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/wiresharkfrom 0, < 2.2.8-r0
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 2.4.0-1
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |