CVE-2017-7745
High
CVE-2017-7745
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the SIGCOMP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting a memory-size check.
Exploit probability
2.5%
Published
April 12, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
18 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-7745
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In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the SIGCOMP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting a memory-size check.
05 / REFERENCES