CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-9256

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the LWAPP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lwapp.c by limiting the encapsulation levels to restrict the recursion depth.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-20.html Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=dac48f148538c706c446e5105d84ebcb54587528 Patch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14467 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-04-04 07:29

Updated : 2019-02-27 05:14

NVD link : CVE-2018-9256

Mitre link : CVE-2018-9256

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-20