CVE-2018-9258 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-841 — Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
WiresharkSurina SoundtouchDebian Wireshark+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 4
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the TCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c by preserving valid data sources.

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 Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.4.6-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.4.6-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.4.0 — 2.4.5
▶Ubuntusurina/soundtouch< 1.7.1-5ubuntu0.1~esm1+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jg7f-w5fw-2ppr: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
soundtouch vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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OSV
CVE-2018-9258: In Wireshark 2↗2018-04-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: TCP dissector could crash in epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c↗2018-03-02
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Debian
CVE-2018-9258: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the TCP dissector could crash. This was addressed i...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9258 wireshark: TCP dissector could crash in epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c↗2018-04-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9256 CVE-2018-9257 CVE-2018-9258 CVE-2018-9261 CVE-2018-9263 CVE-2018-9265 CVE-2018-9266 CVE-2018-9267 CVE-2018-9268 CVE-2018-9269 CVE-2018-9270 CVE-2018-9271 CVE-2018-9272 CVE-2018-9273 CVE-↗2018-04-10
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