Published: 10/10/2017 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 445

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements.

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In Wireshark 240 to 241, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsisc by adding decrements ...

An infinite loop flaw has been discovered in wireshark before 242 in the DOCSIS dissector leading to excessive consumption of CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file ...

CWE-772 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-46.html https://code.wireshark.org/review/23663 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14080 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101228 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=625bab309d9dd21db2d8ae2aa3511810d32842a8 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-15189 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-15189

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