CVE-2018-6836
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—
La función netmonrec_comment_destroy en wiretap/netmon.c en Wireshark, hasta la versión 2.4.4, realiza una operación de liberación en una dirección de memoria no inicializada, lo que permite que atacantes remotos provoquen una denegación de servicio (cierre inesperado de la aplicación) u otro tipo de impacto sin especificar.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.72%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 86
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-763
Referencias
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14397
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/2/wiretap/netmon.c
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28960d79cca262ac6b974f339697b299a1e28fef
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14397
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/2/wiretap/netmon.c
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28960d79cca262ac6b974f339697b299a1e28fef
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