What is CVE-2018-9273?

CVE-2018-9273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-9273?

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

Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2018-9273

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, epan/dissectors/packet-pcp.c has a memory leak.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.6th 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
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9273?: CVE-2018-9273 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-9273?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.