CVE-2018-14344

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-07-18
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1607322: CVE-2018-14344 wireshark: ISMP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-35)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the ISMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ismp.c by validating the IPX address length to avoid a buffer over-read.

Find out more about CVE-2018-14344 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 (versions 1.8.10 and 1.10.14, respectively).

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark Not affected

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