Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting wireshark package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.03% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-WIRESHARK-1992852
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Jun 2017

Introduced: 8 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 wireshark.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 2.2.7, overly deep mp4 chunks may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_mp4_box function in epan/dissectors/file-mp4.c.