CVE-2018-14370

Public Exploit

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c via bounds checking that prevents a buffer over-read.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.36%
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-2018-43.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14686 issue tracking patch vendor advisory exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608 vdb entry third party advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b1446124eebc3ea5591d18e719c2a5cff3630638
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-14370?
CVE-2018-14370 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-14370?
To fix CVE-2018-14370, 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-2018-14370 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-14370 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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