vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-19622): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 29, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length overflows.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2018-19622
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-19622
- CWE-835
- DEBIAN-DSA-4359
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-11307
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15250
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=3b7555d32d11862f0e500ec466ad6bfe54190076
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-11307
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19622
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-54.html
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