CVE-2018-11357

wireshark: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in epan/tvbuff.c

Published May 22, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the LTP dissector and other dissectors could consume excessive memory. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff.c by rejecting negative lengths.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1634-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-3393 In Wireshark 2.6.0, 2.4.0 to 2.4.6, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.14, the LTP dissector and other dissectors could consume excessive memory. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff.c by rejecting negative lengths.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:10 AM
Reserved
May 21, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 22, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 12, 2018, 12:00 AM