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CVE-2018-9273
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/dissectors/packet-pcp.c has a memory leak.
High7.5EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/dissectors/packet-pcp.c has a memory leak.
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)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (3 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- DSA-4217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f8f1456f1e73b6c09e50a64749e43413ac12df7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14488 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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