CVE-2018-14370 — Out-of-bounds Read in Wireshark

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedJul 19
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.

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/wireshark2.4.0 — 2.4.7+1

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-j523-c4fp-fwv8: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-14370: In Wireshark 2↗2018-07-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)↗2018-07-18
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Debian
CVE-2018-14370: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissect...↗2018
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💬Community

2
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-2018-14370 wireshark: IEEE dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-43)↗2018-07-23
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