CVE-2018-5335 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Wireshark

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJan 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c by validating the available buffer length.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.4.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.4.4-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.2.0 — 2.2.11+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c6jf-m4vp-74vf: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-5335: In Wireshark 2↗2018-01-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: WCP dissector crash↗2018-01-11
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Debian
CVE-2018-5335: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. ...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5335 wireshark: WCP dissector crash [fedora-all]↗2018-01-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5335 wireshark: WCP dissector crash↗2018-01-15
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