High severity · published Jul 19, 2018
CVE-2018-14368
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 Bazaar protocol dissector could go into an infinite loop
7.5
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 Bazaar protocol dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c by properly handling items that are too long.
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)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.2.0 through 2.2.15; 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-2018-14368
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14368
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
Exploit
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14841
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6c44312f465014eb409d766a9828b7f101f6251c
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00045.html
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