vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2018-7420 : Pcapng file parser crash
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 23, 2018 | Apr 25, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 23, 2018
Added
Apr 25, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the pcapng file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/pcapng.c by adding a block-size check for sysdig event blocks.
Solutions
wireshark-upgrade-2_2_13wireshark-upgrade-2_4_5
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