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CVE-2018-11362

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11362 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.6.0, 2.4.0-2.4.6, and 2.2.0-2.2.14, where a malformed LDSS packet could cause the dissector to crash due to a buffer over-read. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0308 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.10.14-24.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-11362Moderate

wireshark: Out-of-bounds read in packet-ldss.c

Apr 24, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4217
Third Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2018-25.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104308
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041036
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry