In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
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Information
Published : 2017-01-25 21:59
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-5597
Mitre link : CVE-2017-5597
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5597
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Products Affected
wireshark
- wireshark
CWE
CWE-190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound