vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-14370): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 19, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 19, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2018-14370
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-14370
- CWE-125
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-6291
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14686
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=b1446124eebc3ea5591d18e719c2a5cff3630638
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-6291
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14370
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-43.html
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