CVE-2018-11359 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.16%
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 RRC dissector and other dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/proto.c by avoiding a NULL pointer dereference.

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-j972-pjfr-892x: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-11359: In Wireshark 2↗2018-05-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Out-of-bounds Read in proto.c↗2018-05-18
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Debian
CVE-2018-11359: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the RRC dissector and o...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-11359 wireshark: Out-of-bounds Read in proto.c↗2018-05-23
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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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