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.
References
Link | Resource |
---|---|
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14397 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/ | Issue Tracking Patch |
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/2/wiretap/netmon.c | Patch |
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28960d79cca262ac6b974f339697b299a1e28fef |
History
No history.
MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-02-08T07:00:00
Updated: 2018-02-08T06:57:01
Reserved: 2018-02-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-6836
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-02-08T07:29:01.197
Modified: 2023-11-07T03:00:35.130
Link: CVE-2018-6836
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
No data.
CWE