CVE-2018-14340

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14340
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-19 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:52:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib decompression could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c by rejecting negative lengths to avoid a buffer over-read.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1451-1] wireshark security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit CONFIRM code.wireshark.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Wireshark Bugs in Multiple Dissectors Let Remote Users Cause the Application to Crash or Consume Excessive CPU Resources - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2018-36 · Multiple dissectors could crash CONFIRM www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
14675 – [oss-fuzz] ASAN: heap-buffer-overflow epan/tvbuff_zlib.c:103:9 in tvb_uncompress CONFIRM bugs.wireshark.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296066 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 40.107.3 Missing (CPUOCT2021)
  • 377461 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for wireshark (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0078)
  • 501310 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
  • 670216 EulerOS Security Update for wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2021-1859)
  • 670911 EulerOS Security Update for wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2021-1859)
  • 671108 EulerOS Security Update for wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)
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