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CVE-2018-7420

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the pcapng file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/pcapng.c by adding a block-size check for sysdig event blocks.

  • Published: Feb 23, 2018
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2018-7420
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
wireshark / wireshark 2.4.0 2.4.4.x
wireshark / wireshark 2.2.0 2.2.12.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x
debian / debian_linux 7.0 7.0.x