CVE-2018-9258

Summary

CVECVE-2018-9258
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-04 07:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:01:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the TCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c by preserving valid data sources.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit MISC code.wireshark.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2018-21 · TCP dissector crash MISC www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1388-1] wireshark security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
14472 – Crafted HTTP traffic causes tshark to abort MISC 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

  • 501308 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
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