CVE-2018-9260

wireshark: IEEE 802.15.4 dissector crash in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee802154.c

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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 IEEE 802.15.4 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee802154.c by ensuring that an allocation step occurs.

CVSS score applicability

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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-665 · Improper Initialization