CVE-2018-6836

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6836
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-08 07:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark through 2.4.4 performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-763

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gerrit Code Review MISC code.wireshark.org Patch
Gerrit Code Review MISC code.wireshark.org Issue Tracking, Patch
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit MISC code.wireshark.org Issue Tracking, Patch
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
14397 – Illegal memory access from running free() on an invalid address triggered by parsing crafted pcap MISC bugs.wireshark.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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