CVE-2018-18227
High
CVE-2018-18227
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
Exploit probability
3.1%
Published
October 12, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
40 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-18227
View original source
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15119
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d443be449a52f95df5754adc39e1f3472fec2f03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-47.html