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 | alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark | Feb 20, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-wireshark | Jan 30, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-wiresharkhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-wireshark-gnome | Dec 4, 2019 | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-wiresharkhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-wireshark-gnome | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-2-4-4-0-175-3-29-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-tshark-2-4-4-0-175-3-29-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-wireshark-common-2-4-4-0-175-3-29-0-2-0 | Feb 22, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-libwireshark13suse-upgrade-libwireshark8suse-upgrade-libwireshark9suse-upgrade-libwiretap10suse-upgrade-libwiretap6suse-upgrade-libwiretap7suse-upgrade-libwscodecs1suse-upgrade-libwsutil11suse-upgrade-libwsutil7suse-upgrade-libwsutil8suse-upgrade-wiresharksuse-upgrade-wireshark-develsuse-upgrade-wireshark-gtksuse-upgrade-wireshark-ui-qt | Jan 16, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| Wireshark | wireshark-upgrade-2_2_12wireshark-upgrade-2_4_4 | Jan 15, 2018 | Jan 11, 2018 |
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