CVE-2017-15189: Wireshark

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.1 only

Published 2017-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.