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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2018-9271

CVE-2018-9271

HIGH7.5

In Wireshark 2

Published Apr 4, 2018

Modified 1 years ago

Details

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/dissectors/packet-multipart.c has a memory leak.

References

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14486

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b0228945dc74ee82d2ab4a4e7af2bdfe7b75910

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9271

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 4, 2018

ModifiedSep 16, 2024

CVE-2018-9271 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence