In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the MBIM dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the memory-allocation approach.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Oct 25, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade wireshark | Oct 30, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.4.2-0.175.3.26.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.4.2-0.175.3.26.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.4.2-0.175.3.26.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Nov 30, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libsmiUpgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade portaudioUpgrade libwiretap6Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade portaudio-develUpgrade libwireshark13Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwireshark9 | Oct 18, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.10Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.2 | Oct 12, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 |
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