#VU12717 Heap-based buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2018-9261
Published: May 15, 2018 / Updated: May 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12717
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9261
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Software vendor:
Wireshark.org
Wireshark.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c due to prohibiting the self-linking of DCH-IDs. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted packet trace file, trigger infinite loop and heap-based buffer overflow and cause the NBAP dissector to crash.
The weakness exists in epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c due to prohibiting the self-linking of DCH-IDs. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted packet trace file, trigger infinite loop and heap-based buffer overflow and cause the NBAP dissector to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 2.4.6 or 2.2.14.