CVE-2018-9263

Public Exploit

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the Kerberos dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-kerberos.c by ensuring a nonzero key length.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.43%

Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4fe65168fd0de81306710330aa414f10f53cbdf0
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14576	vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-23.html	vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html	third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.html	third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-9263?: CVE-2018-9263 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-9263?: To fix CVE-2018-9263, 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-2018-9263 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2018-9263 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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