CVE-2017-11406: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: from 2.0.0, up to and including 2.0.13; from 2.2.0, up to and including 2.2.7

Published 2017-07-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.