Use After Free Affecting wireshark package, versions [2.2.0,2.2.15)[2.4.0,2.4.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318050
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed22 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 May 2018

CVE-2018-11358  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.2.15, 2.4.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free where the Q.931 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-q931.c by avoiding a use-after-free after a malformed packet prevented certain cleanup.

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