Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u15


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-WIRESHARK-377060
  • published22 Jul 2018
  • disclosed19 Jul 2018

Introduced: 19 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14340  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 wireshark to version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u15 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.