In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by correcting the signature timestamp bounds checks.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Feb 20, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jan 30, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.4.4-0.175.3.29.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.4.4-0.175.3.29.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.4.4-0.175.3.29.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Feb 22, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwiretap6Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade wireshark-devel | Jan 16, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.4Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.12 | Jan 15, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
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