7.5

CVE-2018-7333: wireshark Infinite Loop

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-7333DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7333
Published 23-02-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-7333 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
MGASA-2018-0151OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1SUSE-SU-2018:0811-1SUSE-SU-2018:0867-1

Timeline

  1. 23-02-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.12, epan/dissectors/packet-rpcrdma.c had an infinite loop that was addressed by validating a chunk size.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 2.15% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 2.4.5-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wireshark< 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1 | < 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1 | < 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 2.2.0, ≤ 2.2.12 | ≥ 2.4.0, ≤ 2.4.4

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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