CVE-2018-5334

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by correcting the signature timestamp bounds checks.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.86% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14297 issue tracking vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.html third party advisory mailing list
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dc308c05ba0673460fe80873b22d296880ee996d
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102499 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-03.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-5334?
CVE-2018-5334 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-5334?
To fix CVE-2018-5334, 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-2018-5334 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-5334 is being actively exploited. 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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