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CVE-2017-15189

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-772

Description

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.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 2.4.0, 2.4.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101228
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14080
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/23663
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=625bab309d9dd21db2d8ae2aa3511810d32842a8
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-46.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101228
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14080
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/23663
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=625bab309d9dd21db2d8ae2aa3511810d32842a8
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-46.html

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