7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-5336
Wireshark JSONXMLNTPXMPPGDB Dissector Crash Vulnerability
Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 11, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:58 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-5336 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Wireshark wireshark
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-5336 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706b [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0
    Removed Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706b
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (including) 2.4.3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706b No Types Assigned https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706b Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102504 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102504 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0 No Types Assigned https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14253 No Types Assigned https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14253 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-01.html No Types Assigned https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-01.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.2.0 up to (including) 2.2.11 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (including) 2.4.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (including) 2.4.3
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102504 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.34 }} 0.09%

score

0.68127

percentile

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