CVE-2018-7421
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 23, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the DMP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by correctly supporting a bounded number of Security Categories for a DMP Security Classification.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
2.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.2.122.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.4.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14408x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-06.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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