High severity · published Jan 11, 2018
CVE-2018-5336
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash
7.5
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
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)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.2.0 through 2.2.11; 2.4.0 through 2.4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5336
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5336
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102504
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14253
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706b
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101
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