wireshark: MS-WSP dissector crash
Published Oct 12, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.18%
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.18% (0.03180) | 87.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.09% (0.03094) | 85.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.95% (0.01950) | 81.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.73% (0.03734) | 79.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.95% (0.01950) | 82.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00471) | 76.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 79.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 13, 2024 | 0.87% (0.00871) | 82.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 4, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00615) | 78.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00544) | 76.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00544) | 74.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 6, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 69.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 66.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00209) | 57.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.86% (0.01865) | 48.06th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.86% (0.01865) | 47.54th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.86% (0.01865) | 76.13th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.86% (0.01865) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (13)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18227 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15119 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1642909 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d443be449a52f95df5754adc39e1f3472fec2f03 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18227
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18227
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-47
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-47.html x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
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