CVE-2018-9256

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

2%p82

Published

Apr 4, 2018 (Apr 4, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the LWAPP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lwapp.c by limiting the encapsulation levels to restrict the recursion depth.

Vendors: wireshark debian
Products: wireshark, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.3%)

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