An out of bounds heap read vulnerability in the wiretap library of Wireshark could allow Wireshark to crash when parsing specially crafted pcap file.
Find out more about CVE-2018-19627 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected |
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