CVE-2018-7417

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the IPMI dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-picmg.c by adding support for crafted packets that lack an IPMI header.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.40%

Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00018.html	third party advisory mailing list
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81216a176b25dd8a616e11808a951e141a467009
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14409	issue tracking vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html	third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103156	vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-12.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-7417?: CVE-2018-7417 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-7417?: To fix CVE-2018-7417, 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-2018-7417 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-7417 is being actively exploited. 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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