High severity · published May 22, 2018
CVE-2018-11361
In Wireshark 2.6.0, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash
7.5
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/dot11decrypt.c by avoiding a buffer overflow during FTE processing in Dot11DecryptTDLSDeriveKey.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11361
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11361
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104308
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041036
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14686
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b52f9929238ce3948ec924ae4f9456b5e9df558
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-32.html
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