CVE-2017-6014
wireshark: Memory exhaustion/infinite loop via malformed STANAG 4607 capture file
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · February 16, 2017
Updated · May 13, 2026
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')