wireshark: memory leak in ui/failure_message.c
Published Apr 4, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.56%
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the ADB dissector could crash with a heap-based buffer overflow. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-adb.c by checking for a length inconsistency.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
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 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02561) | 84.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02651) | 83.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00232) | 61.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.23% (0.00232) | 60.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 29, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00271) | 62.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00324) | 66.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 28.32th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 27.69th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 64.49th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-9264 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14460 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565751 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0290a62be0fca8da9bb190f59dc1fe26c1d65024 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9264
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9264
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4217 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-16.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-9264 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14460 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565751 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0290a62be0fca8da9bb190f59dc1fe26c1d65024 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9264 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9264 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4217 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-16.html | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory |
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