Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7700
CVE-2017-7700
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record size.
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Affected products
15- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2
< 3.4.8-1.2+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.8-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.12-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.12-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.12-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.6-44.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97631nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-14.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
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