vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2017-7745 : SIGCOMP dissector infinite loop
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Apr 12, 2017 | Apr 25, 2018 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Added
Apr 25, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, 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.
Solutions
wireshark-upgrade-2_0_12wireshark-upgrade-2_2_6
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