CVE-2018-9256
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.74%Published: 4/4/2018Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-9256DEBIAN-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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/wiresharkfrom 0, < 2.2.14-r0
- Debian/wiresharkfrom 0, < 2.4.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |