CVE-2017-6014

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.42%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96284 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13416 issue tracking vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-6014?
CVE-2017-6014 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-6014?
To fix CVE-2017-6014, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-6014 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-6014 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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