Vulnerability CVE-2018-14340: Information

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib decompression could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c by rejecting negative lengths to avoid a buffer over-read.

Severity: HIGH (7.5) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: July 19, 2018
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-125

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      2.2.0
      End including
      2.2.15

      cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      2.4.0
      End including
      2.4.7

      cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      2.6.0
      End including
      2.6.1

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*