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CVE-2018-14342

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14342 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 malformed BGP packet could cause the dissector to enter an infinite loop. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service without requiring user interaction. There is currently 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, <= 2.2.15CPE 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 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
3.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0370 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-14342Moderate

wireshark: BGP dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2018-34)

Jul 18, 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/2018/07/msg00045.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2018-34.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104847
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041608
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry