Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting wireshark package, versions <2.4.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.03% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-WIRESHARK-17979283
  • published15 Jul 2026
  • disclosed14 Jun 2017

Introduced: 14 Jun 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest wireshark to version 2.4.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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.