High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-6014
CVE-2017-6014
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite loop and memory exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet. This will quickly exhaust all system memory.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96284nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12nvdThird Party Advisory
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