VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-9274
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, ui/failure_message.c has a memory leak.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.13%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.13%). 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, ui/failure_message.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
- 2.13% probability · 82th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14489Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=211845aba4794720ae265c782cdffddae54a3e7a
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f38e895dfc0d97bce64f73ce99df706911d9aa07
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14489Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=211845aba4794720ae265c782cdffddae54a3e7a
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f38e895dfc0d97bce64f73ce99df706911d9aa07
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.