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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 12291] New: Unable to open pcap file, Wireshark just stops

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:29:59 +0000
Bug ID 12291
Summary Unable to open pcap file, Wireshark just stops responding and the memory for process keeps increasing
Product Wireshark
Version unspecified
Hardware x86
OS Windows 7
Status UNCONFIRMED
Severity Major
Priority Low
Component Capture file support (libwiretap)
Assignee [email protected]
Reporter [email protected]

Build Information:
C:\Program Files\Wireshark>

Wireshark 2.0.1 (v2.0.1-0-g59ea380 from master-2.0)

Copyright 1998-2015 Gerald Combs <[email protected]> and contributors.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-lic
nses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with Qt 5.3.2, with WinPcap (4_1_3), with libz 1.2.8, with
GLib 2.42.0, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.9.1, with Lua 5.2, with GnuTLS
3.2.15, with Gcrypt 1.6.2, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with QtMultimedia,
with AirPcap.

Running on 64-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, build 7601, with locale C, with
WinPcap version 4.1.3 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version
1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008), with GnuTLS 3.2.15, with Gcrypt 1.6.2, without
AirPcap.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz (with SSE4.2), with 8097MB of physical
memory.


Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 12.0 build 31101
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I am trying to open a file which is around 24 MB and wireshark just sits with
its process just taking CPU and memory which increase over time.

Running Windows 7 64 bit with 8 GB of RAM.


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