CVE-2017-6472
Publication date 4 March 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| wireshark | 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1
|
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.5 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |