wireshark: memory leak in epan/dissectors/packet-multipart.c
Published Apr 4, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.02%
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/dissectors/packet-multipart.c has a memory leak.
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 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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02021) | 80.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.06% (0.02060) | 78.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00116) | 45.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00116) | 45.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 40.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00093) | 38.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 33.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00221) | 59.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 29, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 61.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00225) | 58.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-9271 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14486 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565823 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b0228945dc74ee82d2ab4a4e7af2bdfe7b75910 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9271
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9271
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-9271 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14486 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565823 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b0228945dc74ee82d2ab4a4e7af2bdfe7b75910 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9271 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-9271 | ||
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-24.html | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory |
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