CVE-2018-14368

Public Exploit

Description

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 Bazaar protocol dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c by properly handling items that are too long.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.57%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-40.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608 third party advisory vdb entry
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6c44312f465014eb409d766a9828b7f101f6251c
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14841 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00045.html third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-14368?
CVE-2018-14368 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14368?
To fix CVE-2018-14368, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-14368 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-14368 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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