Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wireshark  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WIRESHARK-607117
  • published23 Feb 2018
  • disclosed23 Feb 2018

Introduced: 23 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7330  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.12, epan/dissectors/packet-thread.c had an infinite loop that was addressed by using a correct integer data type.