CVE-2018-5335

MEDIUM

Wireshark 2.2.0-2.2.11 and 2.4.0-2.4.3 - Denial of Service in WCP Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c by validating the available buffer length.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102500
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.html
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14251
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-04.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0087
EPSS Percentile 75.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
wireshark/wireshark 2.2.0 - 2.2.11
Published Jan 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026