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CVE-2018-9269

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-9269 describes a memory leak vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 through 2.2.13, specifically within the epan/dissectors/packet-giop.c component. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to high availability impact (denial of service). 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, <= 2.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.5CPE 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 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
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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-2018-9269Low

wireshark: memory leak in epan/dissectors/packet-giop.c

Mar 6, 2018

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html
Vendor Advisory