CVE-2018-11357 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 22
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the LTP dissector and other dissectors could consume excessive memory. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff.c by rejecting negative lengths.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.6.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.1-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.2.0 — 2.2.14+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9xwc-4jxq-r7rp: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-11357: In Wireshark 2↗2018-05-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in epan/tvbuff.c↗2018-05-12
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Debian
CVE-2018-11357: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the LTP dissector and o...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11354 CVE-2018-11355 CVE-2018-11357 CVE-2018-11358 CVE-2018-11359 CVE-2018-11360 CVE-2018-11361 CVE-2018-11362 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-05-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11357 wireshark: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in epan/tvbuff.c↗2018-05-23
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