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CVE-2018-9259 Details

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the MP4 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/file-mp4.c by restricting the box recursion depth.

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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=13777 CVEExploitIssue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2113179835b37549f245ac7c05ff2b96276893e4 CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-15.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13777 [email protected]ExploitIssue Tracking

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wireshark wireshark
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.13
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.5

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-9259
NVD Published Date:
Apr 4, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-9259 Details - Not Deferred