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CVE-2018-9257 Details

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14530 CVEExploitIssue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d7a9501b0439a5dbf24016a95b4896170d789dc2 CVE
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-22.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14530 [email protected]ExploitIssue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d7a9501b0439a5dbf24016a95b4896170d789dc2 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wireshark wireshark
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-9257
NVD Published Date:
Apr 4, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]