CVE-2018-14339 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.6.0-2.6.1, 2.4.0-2.4.7, and 2.2.0-2.2.15, where a specially crafted MMSE packet could cause an infinite loop in the dissector. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) has a low attack complexity and can be exploited remotely without user interaction, leading to high availability impact. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the issue was addressed by adding offset and length validation in epan/proto.c.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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