CVE-2017-15189 (GCVE-0-2017-15189)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-10 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:50
VLAI
Summary
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2017-10-10 00:00
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