CVE-2018-7337
High
CVE-2018-7337
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the DOCSIS protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by removing the recursive algorithm that had been used for concatenated PDUs.
Exploit probability
2.6%
Published
February 23, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
14 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-7337
View original source
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the DOCSIS protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by removing the recursive algorithm that had been used for concatenated PDUs.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103164
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14446
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=511a8b0b546d25413e289dc5a7d3a455a33994c2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00018.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-08.html