CVE-2018-9266 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in the ISUP dissector allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-9266?
CVE-2018-9266 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 4 Apr 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 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/dissectors/packet-isup.c has a memory leak.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9266?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2018-9266?
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-2018-9266 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9266 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9266, GHSA-95r4-g235-2w5g, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9266.