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CVE-2018-9272

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-9272 is a memory leak vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 through 2.2.13, specifically within the H.223 dissector. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0206 is in the 64th 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-2018-9272Low

wireshark: memory leak in epan/dissectors/packet-h223.c

Mar 6, 2018

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue Tracking
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html
Vendor Advisory