Memory leak in Wireshark - #VU11515
Published: April 4, 2018 / Updated: May 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11515
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to memory leak. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or trick the victim into reading a specially crafted packet trace file, trigger memory corruption and cause the TN3270, ISUP, LAPD, SMB2, GIOP, ASN.1, MIME multipart, H.223 and PCP dissectors to crash.
The weakness exists due to memory leak. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or trick the victim into reading a specially crafted packet trace file, trigger memory corruption and cause the TN3270, ISUP, LAPD, SMB2, GIOP, ASN.1, MIME multipart, H.223 and PCP dissectors to crash.
Remediation
Update to versions 2.4.6, 2.2.14 or later.