vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-6014: Infinite Loop
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 17, 2017 | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 22, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 17, 2017
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Dec 22, 2025
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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark
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