Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length overflows.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-54.html
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3b7555d32d11862f0e500ec466ad6bfe54190076
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15250
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106051
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
0.0135
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
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-835
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.4.0 - 2.4.10
Published
Nov 29, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026