Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability in Wireshark 2.2.4 and Earlier with Crafted STANAG 4607 Capture File

CVE-2017-6014 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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