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CVE-2018-6836

wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c

Veröffentlicht Geändert CWE 763
In der Trivy Database seit spätestens 24. Okt. 2026, 07:11 UTCWann der Eintrag vor diesem Build hinzukam, ist nicht erfasst.

Einstufung nach Quelle

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Trivys eigenes Label ist CRITICAL. Kritisch laut NVD. Niedriger laut Ubuntu (mittel), Red Hat (niedrig).

Beschreibung

The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark through 2.4.4 performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Betroffene Pakete und behobene Versionen

QuellePaketBehoben in
Red Hatwireshark, wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel und 1 weiterekein Fix angegeben
ubuntu 14.04wireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMwireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04wireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMwireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
ubuntu 18.04wireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMwireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
Alle 10 Einträge aus 7 Quellen zeigen
QuellePaketBehoben in
Red Hatwiresharkkein Fix angegeben
Red Hatwireshark-clikein Fix angegeben
Red Hatwireshark-develkein Fix angegeben
Red Hatwireshark-gnomekein Fix angegeben
ubuntu 14.04wireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMwireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04wireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMwireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
ubuntu 18.04wireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMwireshark2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1

Referenzen

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