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
2- Range: backups/ethereal@18706, ethereal-0-3-15, ethereal-0.3.15, …
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104876nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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