Candidate: CVE-2018-6836
PublicDate: 2018-02-08 07:29:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6836
 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14397
 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=28960d79cca262ac6b974f339697b299a1e28fef
 https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/
 https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/2/wiretap/netmon.c
Description:
 The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark
 through 2.4.4 performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address,
 which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application
 crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: untriaged
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [9.8 CRITICAL]


Patches_wireshark:
upstream_wireshark: needs-triage
precise/esm_wireshark: DNE
trusty_wireshark: released (2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1)
trusty/esm_wireshark: released (2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1)

xenial_wireshark: released (2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1)

artful_wireshark: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_wireshark: released (2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1)

devel_wireshark: not-affected (2.6.3-1)