vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-9274): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 4, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 4, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, ui/failure_message.c has a memory leak.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2018-9274
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-9274
- CWE-772
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-20868
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14489
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=211845aba4794720ae265c782cdffddae54a3e7a
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f38e895dfc0d97bce64f73ce99df706911d9aa07
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-20868
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9274
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html
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