CVE-2019-10897

wireshark: IEEE 802.11 dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2019-11 )

Published Apr 9, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-2619 In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:40 PM
Reserved
Apr 5, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 9, 2019, 4:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:11 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 4, 2019, 12:00 AM