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CVE-2018-14339
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in…
High7.5EPSS 3.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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, the MMSE dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/proto.c by adding offset and length validation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3b77c0a596a8071aebc1de71e3f79e5e15e919ca (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1041608 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-38.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180729 [SECURITY] [DLA 1451-1] wireshark security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14738 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 104847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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