CVE-2017-15189

wireshark: DOCSIS infinite loop

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 10, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')