Heap-based buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2018-9264
Published: May 15, 2018 / Updated: May 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12720
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9264
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in epan/dissectors/packet-adb.c due to checking for a length inconsistency. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted packet trace file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and cause the ADB dissector to crash.
The weakness exists in epan/dissectors/packet-adb.c due to checking for a length inconsistency. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted packet trace file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and cause the ADB dissector to crash.
Affected software
Wireshark
Debian Linux
wireshark (Alpine package)
Debian Linux
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-9264
Update to version 2.4.6 or 2.2.14.
wireshark (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.2.14-r0, 2.4.6-r0