In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.12, the SIGCOMP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by validating operand offsets.
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 | Sep 21, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jun 5, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Mar 22, 2018 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-qt5Upgrade wireshark-liteUpgrade tshark-liteUpgrade tshark | Mar 5, 2018 | Mar 4, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.4.5-0.175.3.30.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.4.5-0.175.3.30.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.4.5-0.175.3.30.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Mar 21, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwiretap6Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade libwireshark13Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-ui-qt | Feb 27, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.5Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.13 | Feb 26, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
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