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CVE-2018-6836

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

Publicada Modificada CWE 763
En la Trivy database desde, como mínimo, el 24 oct 2026, 07:11 UTCNo consta cuándo entró antes de ese build.

Severidad por fuente

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

La etiqueta propia de Trivy es CRITICAL. Crítica según NVD. Más baja según Ubuntu (media), Red Hat (baja).

Descripción

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.

Paquetes afectados y versiones corregidas

FuentePaqueteCorregido en
Red Hatwireshark, wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel y 1 mássin corrección indicada
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
Mostrar las 10 entradas de 7 fuentes
FuentePaqueteCorregido en
Red Hatwiresharksin corrección indicada
Red Hatwireshark-clisin corrección indicada
Red Hatwireshark-develsin corrección indicada
Red Hatwireshark-gnomesin corrección indicada
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

Referencias

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