CVE-2020-26575

wireshark: FBZERO dissector could enter an infinite loop

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 6, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

In Wireshark through 3.2.7, the Facebook Zero Protocol (aka FBZERO) dissector could enter an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-fbzero.c by correcting the implementation of offset advancement.

Statement

Wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7 is not affected by this flaw because the Facebook Zero Dissector was not yet introduced until version 2.4.0rc0.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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