vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2018-18227 : MS-WSP dissector crash
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 12, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 12, 2018
Added
Oct 15, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
Solutions
wireshark-upgrade-2_4_10wireshark-upgrade-2_6_4
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