CVE-2017-6471

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

3%p85

Published

Mar 4, 2017 (Mar 4, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by validating the capability length.

Vendors: wireshark debian
Products: wireshark, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.6%)

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