VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-5596
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-01-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
Weakness classification
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory