CVE-2018-9256
HIGHWireshark 2.2.0-2.2.13 and 2.4.0-2.4.5 - Denial of Service in LWAPP Dissector
Title source: llmDescription
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the LWAPP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lwapp.c by limiting the encapsulation levels to restrict the recursion depth.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14467
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dac48f148538c706c446e5105d84ebcb54587528
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-20.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0051
EPSS Percentile
66.7%
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-20
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.0 - 2.2.13
Published
Apr 04, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026