In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the pcapng file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/pcapng.c by adding a block-size check for sysdig event blocks.
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 | Sep 21, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-wireshark | Feb 19, 2019 | Feb 23, 2018 | |
| F5 Big Ip | f5-bigip-upgrade-latest | Jun 17, 2026 | Mar 22, 2018 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-2-4-5-0-175-3-30-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-tshark-2-4-5-0-175-3-30-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-wireshark-common-2-4-5-0-175-3-30-0-4-0 | Mar 21, 2018 | Feb 23, 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 | Feb 27, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Feb 23, 2018 | |
| Wireshark | wireshark-upgrade-2_2_13wireshark-upgrade-2_4_5 | Apr 25, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
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