Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff_composite.c by preventing a heap-based buffer over-read.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 5.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106051Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14466Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dc4d209f39132a4ae05675a11609176ae9705cfc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-51.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106051Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14466Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dc4d209f39132a4ae05675a11609176ae9705cfc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-51.htmlVendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 29, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified