CVE-2018-9256

wireshark: stack overflow via crafted LWAPP Layer 3 Packet

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 2, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow