Memory corruption in Wireshark - CVE-2018-16057
Published: August 30, 2018 / Updated: August 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14578
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16057
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 vulnerability exists due to boundary error in the ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_next() function, as defined in the epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c source code file. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet into a network, to be processed by the affected application, or trick the victim into opening a malicious packet trace file and cause the Radiotap dissector component to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16057
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 2.6.3, 2.4.9, 2.2.17.