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CVE-2017-6014

In Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.23%Up 2.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2017-6014
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2017-6014
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15082 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-15082
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8q6q-3849-7cm3 7.5

In Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an...

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.

Record
GHSA-8q6q-3849-7cm3
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2017-6014 7.5

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.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2017-6014
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2017-6014
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-6014 7.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6014
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-6014 7.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6014
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0076 No score

Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerability

The wireshark package has been updated to version 2.0.11, which fixes two security issues where a malformed packet trace could cause it to crash or go into an infinite loop, and fixes several other bugs as well. See the release notes for details.

Record
MGASA-2017-0076
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:1174-1 No score

Security update for wireshark

Wireshark was updated to version 2.0.12, which brings several new features, enhancements and bug fixes.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7700: In Wireshark the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record size (bsc#1033936).
  • CVE-2017-7701: In Wireshark the BGP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bgp.c by using a different integer data type (bsc#1033937).
  • CVE-2017-7702: In Wireshark the WBXML dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c by adding length validation (bsc#1033938).
  • CVE-2017-7703: In Wireshark the IMAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-imap.c by calculating a line's end correctly (bsc#1033939).
  • CVE-2017-7704: In Wireshark the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value (bsc#1033940).
  • CVE-2017-7705: In Wireshark the RPC over RDMA dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rpcrdma.c by correctly checking for going beyond the maximum offset (bsc#1033941).
  • CVE-2017-7745: In Wireshark the SIGCOMP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting a memory-size check (bsc#1033942).
  • CVE-2017-7746: In Wireshark the SLSK dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c by adding checks for the remaining length (bsc#1033943).
  • CVE-2017-7747: In Wireshark the PacketBB dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c by restricting additions to the protocol tree (bsc#1033944).
  • CVE-2017-7748: In Wireshark the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check (bsc#1033945).
  • CVE-2016-7179: Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet (bsc#998963).
  • CVE-2016-9376: In Wireshark the OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large (bsc#1010735).
  • CVE-2016-9375: In Wireshark the DTN dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by checking whether SDNV evaluation was successful (bsc#1010740).
  • CVE-2016-9374: In Wireshark the AllJoyn dissector could crash with a buffer over-read, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c by ensuring that a length variable properly tracked the state of a signature variable (bsc#1010752).
  • CVE-2016-9373: In Wireshark the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private strings (bsc#1010754).
  • CVE-2016-7175: epan/dissectors/packet-qnet6.c in the…
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:1174-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:1442-1 No score

Security update for wireshark

Wireshark was updated to version 2.2.6, which brings several new features, enhancements and bug fixes.

Thses security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7700: In Wireshark the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record size (bsc#1033936)
  • CVE-2017-7701: In Wireshark the BGP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bgp.c by using a different integer data type (bsc#1033937)
  • CVE-2017-7702: In Wireshark the WBXML dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c by adding length validation (bsc#1033938)
  • CVE-2017-7703: In Wireshark the IMAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-imap.c by calculating a line's end correctly (bsc#1033939)
  • CVE-2017-7704: In Wireshark the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value (bsc#1033940)
  • CVE-2017-7705: In Wireshark the RPC over RDMA dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rpcrdma.c by correctly checking for going beyond the maximum offset (bsc#1033941)
  • CVE-2017-7745: In Wireshark the SIGCOMP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting a memory-size check (bsc#1033942)
  • CVE-2017-7746: In Wireshark the SLSK dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c by adding checks for the remaining length (bsc#1033943)
  • CVE-2017-7747: In Wireshark the PacketBB dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c by restricting additions to the protocol tree (bsc#1033944)
  • CVE-2017-7748: In Wireshark the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check (bsc#1033945)
  • CVE-2017-6014: In Wireshark 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 (bsc#1025913)
  • CVE-2017-5596: In Wireshark the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow (bsc#1021739)
  • CVE-2017-5597: In Wireshark 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 (bsc#1021739)
  • CVE-2016-9376: In Wireshark the OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large (bsc#1010735)
  • CVE-2016-9375: In Wireshark the DTN dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by checking whether SDNV evaluation was successful (bsc#1010740)
  • CVE-2016-9374: In Wireshark the…
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wireshark
Alpine:v3.5
 before 2.2.4-r1
2.2.4-r1
wireshark
Debian:12
 before 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2
2.2.5+g440fd4d-2
wireshark
Debian:13
 before 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2
2.2.5+g440fd4d-2
wireshark
Debian:14
 before 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2
2.2.5+g440fd4d-2
wireshark
Debian:7
 before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u6, plus listed versions
1.10.0-11.10.0-21.10.0-2~bpo70+11.10.0~rc1-11.10.0~rc2-1
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1.10.1-11.10.1-1~bpo70+11.10.2-11.10.2-1~bpo70+11.10.2-21.10.3-11.10.3-1~bpo70+11.10.4-11.10.5-11.10.5-1~bpo70+11.10.5-21.10.6-11.10.6-1~bpo70+11.10.7-11.10.7-1~bpo70+11.10.7-21.10.7-31.10.7-41.10.8-11.10.8-1~bpo70+11.12.0+git+4fab41a1-11.12.0~rc1-11.12.0~rc1-21.12.0~rc2+git+fd017ee+dfsg1-11.12.0~rc3+git+e14d5b6eaa+dfsg1-11.12.1+g01b65bf-11.12.1+g01b65bf-1~bpo70+11.12.1+g01b65bf-21.12.1+g01b65bf-2~bpo70+11.12.1+g01b65bf-31.12.1+g01b65bf-41.12.1+g01b65bf-4~bpo70+11.8.2-5wheezy101.8.2-5wheezy111.8.2-5wheezy121.8.2-5wheezy131.8.2-5wheezy141.8.2-5wheezy151.8.2-5wheezy15~deb6u11.8.2-5wheezy161.8.2-5wheezy16~deb6u11.8.2-5wheezy171.8.2-5wheezy181.8.2-5wheezy21.8.2-5wheezy3
1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u6
wireshark
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11, plus listed versions
1.12.1+g01b65bf-41.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u101.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u21.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u3
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1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u41.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u51.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u61.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u11.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u101.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u111.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u21.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u31.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u41.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u51.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u61.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u71.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u81.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u91.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u71.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u81.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u9
1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11
wireshark
Mageia:5
 before 2.0.11-1.mga5
2.0.11-1.mga5
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
 before 2.0.12-36.1
2.0.12-36.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
 before 2.0.12-36.1
2.0.12-36.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 23 CVEs
 before 2.0.12-36.1
2.0.12-36.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.6-44.3
2.2.6-44.3
wireshark
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
1.10.2-11.10.3-11.10.5-1ubuntu11.10.5-21.10.6-1
1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1
wireshark
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04, plus listed versions
1.12.7+g7fc8978-11.12.8+g5b6e543-22.0.1+g59ea380-3build12.0.2+ga16e22e-1
2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04

History

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In short

CVE-2017-6014 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Wireshark, published February 17, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.23%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in wireshark 2.2.4-r1.

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