In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 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 | Feb 20, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jan 30, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade wireshark-gnomeUpgrade wireshark | Dec 4, 2019 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-gnome | Apr 30, 2021 | 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-gtkUpgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libwiretap6Upgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade wireshark | 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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