Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-9256
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 61.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14467
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dac48f148538c706c446e5105d84ebcb54587528
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-20.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14467
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dac48f148538c706c446e5105d84ebcb54587528
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-20.html
Products affected by CVE-2018-9256
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.13
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0