High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 4, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-9256
CVE-2018-9256
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the LWAPP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lwapp.c by limiting the encapsulation levels to restrict the recursion depth.
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Affected products
9- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 3.4.8-1.2+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.8-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.14-48.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.14-40.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.14-48.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.14-40.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.14-48.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.14-40.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.14-48.24.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-20.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
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