High severity · published Jul 19, 2018
CVE-2018-14367
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the CoAP protocol dissector could crash
7.5
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the CoAP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-coap.c by properly checking for a NULL condition.
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)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.4.0 through 2.4.7; 2.6.0 through 2.6.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14367
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14367
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14966
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81ce5fcb3e37a0aaeb7532f7a2a09366f16fa310
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-42.html
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