Null pointer dereference in Wireshark - CVE-2018-7336
Published: February 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10761
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7336
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists in epan/dissectors/packet-fcp.c due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the FCP protocol dissector to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7336
Update to version 2.2.13, 2.4.5.