Name: CVE-2018-5335: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-5335, CWE-119, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.01889

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.

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 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/tshark 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 libwsutil7Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwiretap10Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-develUpgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwiretap6	Jan 16, 2018	Jan 11, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade wireshark	Nov 19, 2024	Jan 11, 2018
Wireshark	—	Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.12Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.4	Jan 15, 2018	Jan 11, 2018

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CVSS Details

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