CVE-2018-18227
HIGHWireshark 2.4.0-2.4.9 and 2.6.0-2.6.3 - Denial of Service in MS-WSP Protocol Dissector
Title source: llmDescription
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15119
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-47.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d443be449a52f95df5754adc39e1f3472fec2f03
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0184
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.4.0 - 2.4.9
Published
Oct 12, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026