CVE-2018-14339 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-835 — Infinite Loop8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 19
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/proto.c by adding offset and length validation.

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 2.6.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.2-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.2.0 — 2.2.15+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-54rw-q7wq-w688: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-14339: In Wireshark 2↗2018-07-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: MMSE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-38)↗2018-07-18
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Debian
CVE-2018-14339: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the MMSE disse...↗2018
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14339 CVE-2018-14340 CVE-2018-14341 CVE-2018-14342 CVE-2018-14343 CVE-2018-14344 CVE-2018-14367 CVE-2018-14368 CVE-2018-14369 CVE-2018-14370 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-07-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14339 wireshark: MMSE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-38)↗2018-07-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-7334 wireshark: out of bounds access in UMTS MAC dissector in packet-umts_mac.c↗2018-02-26
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