CVE-2018-7420

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-02-08
CWE:
CWE-770
Bugzilla:
1549284: CVE-2018-7420 wireshark: Pcapng file parser crash in pcapng.c
A denial of service flaw was found in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark. A remote network attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash Wireshark by tricking it into processing a crafted packet.

Find out more about CVE-2018-7420 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

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

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

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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