CVE-2018-18227
published 2018-10-12CVE-2018-18227: In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly…
PriorityP335high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.12%
86.5th percentile
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.6.4-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.6.4-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.4-1 | 2.6.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.4-1 | 2.6.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.4-1 | 2.6.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.4-1 | 2.6.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.0 – 2.4.9 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.6.0 – 2.6.3 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Red Hat
wireshark: MS-WSP dissector crash
vendor_redhat·2018-10-10·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-18227 [HIGH] CWE-20 wireshark: MS-WSP dissector crash
wireshark: MS-WSP dissector crash
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-18227: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector co...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-18227 [HIGH] CVE-2018-18227: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector co...
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.6.4-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.6.4-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.6.4-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.6.4-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.6.4-1)
GHSA
GHSA-ffg3-hh5q-jq5v: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-18227 [HIGH] CWE-476 GHSA-ffg3-hh5q-jq5v: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
OSV
CVE-2018-18227: In Wireshark 2
osv·2018-10-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-18227 [HIGH] CVE-2018-18227: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12086 CVE-2018-18225 CVE-2018-18226 CVE-2018-18227 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-10-25·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-12086 [HIGH] CVE-2018-12086 CVE-2018-18225 CVE-2018-18226 CVE-2018-18227 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-12086 CVE-2018-18225 CVE-2018-18226 CVE-2018-18227 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multipl
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-18227 wireshark: MS-WSP dissector crash
bugzilla·2018-10-25·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-18227 [HIGH] CVE-2018-18227 wireshark: MS-WSP dissector crash
CVE-2018-18227 wireshark: MS-WSP dissector crash
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Upstream bug:
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15119
Discussion:
External References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-47
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Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1642918]
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This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-18227
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15119https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d443be449a52f95df5754adc39e1f3472fec2f03https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-47.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15119https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d443be449a52f95df5754adc39e1f3472fec2f03https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-47.html
2018-10-12
Published