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7.5high

CVE-2018-14342

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the BGP protocol dissector could go into a large loop.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.7%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
0
none known

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the BGP protocol dissector could go into a large loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bgp.c by validating Path Attribute lengths.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

  • bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13741 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1041608 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00045.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • code.wireshark.org /review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=36af43dbb7673495948cd65d0346e8b9812b941c · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • wireshark.org /security/wnpa-sec-2018-34.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/104847 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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