CVE-2018-5335 (GCVE-0-2018-5335)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:33
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Summary
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c by validating the available buffer length.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2018-01-11 00:00
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