CVE-2018-7328 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in Wireshark by sending crafted USB packets that trigger an infinite loop during dissection.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-7328?

CVE-2018-7328 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 23 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.12, epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c had an infinite loop that was addressed by rejecting short frame header lengths.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7328?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7328?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2018-7328 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7328 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7328, GHSA-73pf-vf3q-789q, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7328.

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