vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2018-19622 : MMSE dissector infinite loop
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 28, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 28, 2018
Added
Nov 30, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 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.
Solutions
wireshark-upgrade-2_4_11wireshark-upgrade-2_6_5
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