CVE-2017-11406

HIGH 7.5CVE-2017-11406 · Published 18/07/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-11406 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 87.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.0.13≥ 2.2.0, ≤ 2.2.7`	No fix yet

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/99903 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1038966 · Third Party Advisory
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html · Mailing List
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-36.html · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

wireshark

≥ 2.0.0, ≤ 2.0.13≥ 2.2.0, ≤ 2.2.7

No fix yet

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