CVE-2018-7336 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.4 and 2.2.0 through 2.2.12, where a crafted FCP protocol dissector could lead to a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact without requiring user interaction or privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE. The issue was addressed by implementing a NULL pointer check in the affected code.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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 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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