Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, 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.
Published: 2017-04-12
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16678 In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, 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.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0053}

epss

{'score': 0.00533}


Subscriptions

Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.000Z

Reserved: 2017-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7702

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-12T23:59:00.230

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7702

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-04-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7702 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses