CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Description
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.
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CVEs mapped to this weakness (456)
page 6 of 23| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
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| CVE-2017-6472 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.03 | Mar 4, 2017 | In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value. | ||
| CVE-2017-6470 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.03 | Mar 4, 2017 | In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an IAX2 infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c by constraining packet lateness. | ||
| CVE-2017-6467 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.03 | Mar 4, 2017 | In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a Netscaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by changing the restrictions on file size. | ||
| CVE-2017-6214 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.05 | Feb 23, 2017 | The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag. | ||
| CVE-2016-5042 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.04 | Feb 17, 2017 | The dwarf_get_aranges_list function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) via a crafted DWARF section. | ||
| CVE-2017-6056 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.07 | Feb 17, 2017 | It was discovered that a programming error in the processing of HTTPS requests in the Apache Tomcat servlet and JSP engine may result in denial of service via an infinite loop. The denial of service is easily achievable as a consequence of backporting a CVE-2016-6816 fix but not… | ||
| CVE-2017-6014 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.03 | Feb 17, 2017 | 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… | ||
| CVE-2017-5596 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.03 | Jan 25, 2017 | 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. | ||
| CVE-2016-6301 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.09 | Dec 9, 2016 | The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged NTP packet, which triggers a communication loop. | ||
| CVE-2011-1142 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.03 | Mar 3, 2011 | Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x through 1.2.15 and 1.4.x through 1.4.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving self-referential ASN.1 CHOICE values. | ||
| CVE-2026-49017 | Hig | 0.46 | — | 0.00 | May 27, 2026 | In OpenStack Swift before 2.36.2 and 2.37.2, s3api middleware enters an infinite loop when processing a truncated aws-chunked PUT request body. The StreamingInput class repeatedly appends an empty buffer and re-reads, causing the proxy-server worker handling the request to… | ||
| CVE-2017-9122 | Med | 0.46 | 6.5 | 0.06 | Jun 12, 2017 | The quicktime_read_moov function in moov.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted mp4 file. | ||
| CVE-2017-8871 | Med | 0.46 | 6.5 | 0.13 | Jun 12, 2017 | The cr_parser_parse_selector_core function in cr-parser.c in libcroco 0.6.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted CSS file. | ||
| CVE-2026-39934 | Med | 0.45 | — | 0.00 | Apr 7, 2026 | Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - GrowthExperiments Extension allows Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions. This issue was remediated only on the `master` branch. | ||
| CVE-2018-5381 | Med | 0.45 | 6.5 | 0.31 | Feb 19, 2018 | The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 has a bug in its parsing of "Capabilities" in BGP OPEN messages, in the bgp_packet.c:bgp_capability_msg_parse function. The parser can enter an infinite loop on invalid capabilities if a Multi-Protocol capability does not have… | ||
| CVE-2018-1336 | — | Hig | 0.43 | 7.5 | 0.21 | Aug 2, 2018 | An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86. | |
| CVE-2018-8036 | — | Med | 0.43 | 6.5 | 0.05 | Jul 3, 2018 | In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser. | |
| CVE-2018-12228 | Med | 0.43 | 6.5 | 0.07 | Jun 12, 2018 | An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1. When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS, if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message, then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying to read the data stream. This renders… | ||
| CVE-2018-10177 | Med | 0.43 | 6.5 | 0.03 | Apr 16, 2018 | In ImageMagick 7.0.7-28, there is an infinite loop in the ReadOneMNGImage function of the coders/png.c file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted mng file. | ||
| CVE-2017-12626 | Hig | 0.43 | 7.5 | 0.10 | Jan 29, 2018 | Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: 1) Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294), and 2) Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and… |
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.03
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.03
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an IAX2 infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c by constraining packet lateness.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.03
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a Netscaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by changing the restrictions on file size.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.05
The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.04
The dwarf_get_aranges_list function in libdwarf before 20160923 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) via a crafted DWARF section.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.07
It was discovered that a programming error in the processing of HTTPS requests in the Apache Tomcat servlet and JSP engine may result in denial of service via an infinite loop. The denial of service is easily achievable as a consequence of backporting a CVE-2016-6816 fix but not…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.03
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…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.03
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.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.09
The recv_and_process_client_pkt function in networking/ntpd.c in busybox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and bandwidth consumption) via a forged NTP packet, which triggers a communication loop.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.03
Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x through 1.2.15 and 1.4.x through 1.4.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving self-referential ASN.1 CHOICE values.
- risk 0.46cvss —epss 0.00
In OpenStack Swift before 2.36.2 and 2.37.2, s3api middleware enters an infinite loop when processing a truncated aws-chunked PUT request body. The StreamingInput class repeatedly appends an empty buffer and re-reads, causing the proxy-server worker handling the request to…
- risk 0.46cvss 6.5epss 0.06
The quicktime_read_moov function in moov.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted mp4 file.
- risk 0.46cvss 6.5epss 0.13
The cr_parser_parse_selector_core function in cr-parser.c in libcroco 0.6.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted CSS file.
- risk 0.45cvss —epss 0.00
Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - GrowthExperiments Extension allows Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions. This issue was remediated only on the `master` branch.
- risk 0.45cvss 6.5epss 0.31
The Quagga BGP daemon (bgpd) prior to version 1.2.3 has a bug in its parsing of "Capabilities" in BGP OPEN messages, in the bgp_packet.c:bgp_capability_msg_parse function. The parser can enter an infinite loop on invalid capabilities if a Multi-Protocol capability does not have…
- risk 0.43cvss 7.5epss 0.21
An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.
- risk 0.43cvss 6.5epss 0.05
In Apache PDFBox 1.8.0 to 1.8.14 and 2.0.0RC1 to 2.0.10, a carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop which leads to an out of memory exception in Apache PDFBox's AFMParser.
- risk 0.43cvss 6.5epss 0.07
An issue was discovered in Asterisk Open Source 15.x before 15.4.1. When connected to Asterisk via TCP/TLS, if the client abruptly disconnects, or sends a specially crafted message, then Asterisk gets caught in an infinite loop while trying to read the data stream. This renders…
- risk 0.43cvss 6.5epss 0.03
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-28, there is an infinite loop in the ReadOneMNGImage function of the coders/png.c file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted mng file.
- risk 0.43cvss 7.5epss 0.10
Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: 1) Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294), and 2) Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and…