CVE-2018-7420
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-7420 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2018-02-23 22:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 03:01:00 UTC |
| Description | In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the pcapng file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/pcapng.c by adding a block-size check for sysdig event blocks. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 | 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 |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malformed Request | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| 14403 – Missing bounds check on memory allocation in pcapng.c | CONFIRM | bugs.wireshark.org | Issue Tracking, Vendor 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 |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1353-1] wireshark security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2018-11 · Pcapng file parser crash | CONFIRM | www.wireshark.org | Vendor Advisory |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1634-1] wireshark security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 501307 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark