VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-9270
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/oids.c has a memory leak.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.37%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/oids.c has a memory leak.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.37% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14485Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0fbc50f9b9219be54d6db47f04b65af19696a7c7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14485Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0fbc50f9b9219be54d6db47f04b65af19696a7c7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.