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High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Jul 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-14438

CVE-2018-14438

Description

In Wireshark through 2.6.2, the create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c calls SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set a NULL DACL, which allows attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily.

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Affected products

3
  • Ethereal Group/EtherealOSV
    Range: backups/ethereal@18706, ethereal-0-3-15, ethereal-0.3.15, …
  • Wireshark/Wireshark2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.6.2
    • (no CPE)range: <=2.6.2

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