What is CVE-2018-9257?

CVE-2018-9257 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-9257?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2018-9257

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Wireshark
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9257?: CVE-2018-9257 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-9257?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.