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CVE-2018-7418

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was...

7.5 HighFix available

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.67%Up 1.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.

Record
CVE-2018-7418
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.

Record
CVE-2018-7418
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-19149 No score

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.

Record
EUVD-2018-19149
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-83jh-33fh-wm59 7.5

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was...

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.

Record
GHSA-83jh-33fh-wm59
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.

Record
CVE-2018-7418
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-7418 7.5

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7418
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2020:1047 5.9

Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security and bug fix update

Record
RHSA-2020:1047
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-7418 7.5

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by correcting the extraction of the length value.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7418
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0151 No score

Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities

The SIGCOMP dissector could crash (CVE-2018-7320).

Multiple dissectors could go into large infinite loops. All ASN.1 BER dissectors, along with the DICOM, DMP, LLTD, OpenFlow, RELOAD, RPCoRDMA, RPKI-Router, S7COMM, SCCP, Thread, Thrift, USB, and WCCP dissectors were susceptible (CVE-2018-7321,CVE-2018-7322, CVE-2018-7323, CVE-2018-7324, CVE-2018-7325, CVE-2018-7326, CVE-2018-7327, CVE-2018-7328, CVE-2018-7329, CVE-2018-7330, CVE-2018-7331, CVE-2018-7332, CVE-2018-7333).

The UMTS MAC dissector could crash (CVE-2018-7334).

The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash (CVE-2018-7335)

The FCP dissector could crash (CVE-2018-7336).

The IPMI dissector could crash (CVE-2018-7417).

The SIGCOMP dissector could crash (CVE-2018-7418).

The NBAP disssector could crash (CVE-2018-7419).

The pcapng file parser could crash (CVE-2018-7420).

The LWAPP dissector could crash (CVE-2018-9256).

The MP4 dissector could crash (CVE-2018-9259).

The IEEE 802.15.4 dissector could crash (CVE-2018-9260).

The NBAP dissector could crash (CVE-2018-9261).

The VLAN dissector could crash (CVE-2018-9262).

The Kerberos dissector could crash (CVE-2018-9263).

The ADB dissector could crash (CVE-2018-9264).

Memory leaks in multiple dissectors (CVE-2018-9265, CVE-2018-9266, CVE-2018-9267, CVE-2018-9268, CVE-2018-9269, CVE-2018-9270, CVE-2018-9271, CVE-2018-9272, CVE-2018-9273, CVE-2018-9274).

Record
MGASA-2018-0151
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1 No score

libwireshark14-3.4.8-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libwireshark14-3.4.8-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0811-1 No score

Security update for wireshark

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed (bsc#1082692):

  • CVE-2018-7335: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-05)
  • CVE-2018-7321: thrift long dissector loop (dissect_thrift_map)
  • CVE-2018-7322: DICOM: inifinite loop (dissect_dcm_tag)
  • CVE-2018-7323: WCCP: very long loop (dissect_wccp2_alternate_mask_value_set_element)
  • CVE-2018-7324: SCCP: infinite loop (dissect_sccp_optional_parameters)
  • CVE-2018-7325: RPKI-Router Protocol: infinite loop (dissect_rpkirtr_pdu)
  • CVE-2018-7326: LLTD: infinite loop (dissect_lltd_tlv)
  • CVE-2018-7327: openflow_v6: infinite loop (dissect_openflow_bundle_control_v6)
  • CVE-2018-7328: USB-DARWIN: long loop (dissect_darwin_usb_iso_transfer)
  • CVE-2018-7329: S7COMM: infinite loop (s7comm_decode_ud_cpu_alarm_main)
  • CVE-2018-7330: thread_meshcop: infinite loop (get_chancount)
  • CVE-2018-7331: GTP: infinite loop (dissect_gprscdr_GGSNPDPRecord, dissect_ber_set)
  • CVE-2018-7332: RELOAD: infinite loop (dissect_statans)
  • CVE-2018-7333: RPCoRDMA: infinite loop in get_write_list_chunk_count
  • CVE-2018-7421: Multiple dissectors could go into large infinite loops (wnpa-sec-2018-06)
  • CVE-2018-7334: The UMTS MAC dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-07)
  • CVE-2018-7337: The DOCSIS dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-08)
  • CVE-2018-7336: The FCP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-09)
  • CVE-2018-7320: The SIGCOMP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-10)
  • CVE-2018-7420: The pcapng file parser could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-11)
  • CVE-2018-7417: The IPMI dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-12)
  • CVE-2018-7418: The SIGCOMP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-13)
  • CVE-2018-7419: The NBAP disssector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-14)
  • CVE-2017-17997: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector (bsc#1077080).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0811-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0867-1 No score

Security update for wireshark

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed (bsc#1082692):

  • CVE-2018-7335: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-05)
  • CVE-2018-7321: thrift long dissector loop (dissect_thrift_map)
  • CVE-2018-7322: DICOM: inifinite loop (dissect_dcm_tag)
  • CVE-2018-7323: WCCP: very long loop (dissect_wccp2_alternate_mask_value_set_element)
  • CVE-2018-7324: SCCP: infinite loop (dissect_sccp_optional_parameters)
  • CVE-2018-7325: RPKI-Router Protocol: infinite loop (dissect_rpkirtr_pdu)
  • CVE-2018-7326: LLTD: infinite loop (dissect_lltd_tlv)
  • CVE-2018-7327: openflow_v6: infinite loop (dissect_openflow_bundle_control_v6)
  • CVE-2018-7328: USB-DARWIN: long loop (dissect_darwin_usb_iso_transfer)
  • CVE-2018-7329: S7COMM: infinite loop (s7comm_decode_ud_cpu_alarm_main)
  • CVE-2018-7330: thread_meshcop: infinite loop (get_chancount)
  • CVE-2018-7331: GTP: infinite loop (dissect_gprscdr_GGSNPDPRecord, dissect_ber_set)
  • CVE-2018-7332: RELOAD: infinite loop (dissect_statans)
  • CVE-2018-7333: RPCoRDMA: infinite loop in get_write_list_chunk_count
  • CVE-2018-7421: Multiple dissectors could go into large infinite loops (wnpa-sec-2018-06)
  • CVE-2018-7334: The UMTS MAC dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-07)
  • CVE-2018-7337: The DOCSIS dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-08)
  • CVE-2018-7336: The FCP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-09)
  • CVE-2018-7320: The SIGCOMP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-10)
  • CVE-2018-7420: The pcapng file parser could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-11)
  • CVE-2018-7417: The IPMI dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-12)
  • CVE-2018-7418: The SIGCOMP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-13)
  • CVE-2018-7419: The NBAP disssector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-14)
  • CVE-2017-17997: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector (bsc#1077080).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0867-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wireshark
Debian:12
 before 2.4.5-1
2.4.5-1
wireshark
Debian:13
 before 2.4.5-1
2.4.5-1
wireshark
Debian:14
 before 2.4.5-1
2.4.5-1
wireshark
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
 before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u10, plus listed versions
1.10.0-11.10.0-21.10.0-2~bpo70+11.10.0~rc1-11.10.0~rc2-1
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1.10.1-11.10.1-1~bpo70+11.10.2-11.10.2-1~bpo70+11.10.2-21.10.3-11.10.3-1~bpo70+11.10.4-11.10.5-11.10.5-1~bpo70+11.10.5-21.10.6-11.10.6-1~bpo70+11.10.7-11.10.7-1~bpo70+11.10.7-21.10.7-31.10.7-41.10.8-11.10.8-1~bpo70+11.12.0+git+4fab41a1-11.12.0~rc1-11.12.0~rc1-21.12.0~rc2+git+fd017ee+dfsg1-11.12.0~rc3+git+e14d5b6eaa+dfsg1-11.12.1+g01b65bf-11.12.1+g01b65bf-1~bpo70+11.12.1+g01b65bf-21.12.1+g01b65bf-2~bpo70+11.12.1+g01b65bf-31.12.1+g01b65bf-41.12.1+g01b65bf-4~bpo70+11.8.2-5wheezy101.8.2-5wheezy111.8.2-5wheezy121.8.2-5wheezy131.8.2-5wheezy141.8.2-5wheezy151.8.2-5wheezy15~deb6u11.8.2-5wheezy161.8.2-5wheezy16~deb6u11.8.2-5wheezy171.8.2-5wheezy181.8.2-5wheezy21.8.2-5wheezy3
1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u10
wireshark
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
 before 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16, plus listed versions
1.12.1+g01b65bf-41.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u101.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u111.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u12
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1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u131.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u141.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u151.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u21.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u31.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u41.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u51.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u61.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u11.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u101.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u111.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u21.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u31.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u41.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u51.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u61.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u71.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u81.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u91.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u71.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u81.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u9
1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16
wireshark
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 38 CVEs
 before 2.2.14-1.mga6
2.2.14-1.mga6
wireshark
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
wireshark
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-gnome
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 0:1.10.14-24.el7
0:1.10.14-24.el7
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-48.21.1
2.2.13-48.21.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-40.22.1
2.2.13-40.22.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-40.22.1
2.2.13-40.22.1
wireshark
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 2.2.13-40.22.1
2.2.13-40.22.1
wireshark
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1, plus listed versions
1.10.2-11.10.3-11.10.5-1ubuntu11.10.5-21.10.6-11.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1
2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
wireshark
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1, plus listed versions
1.12.7+g7fc8978-11.12.8+g5b6e543-22.0.1+g59ea380-3build12.0.2+ga16e22e-12.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04
2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
wireshark
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 before 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1, plus listed versions
2.4.2-12.4.3-12.4.4-12.4.5-1
2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
wireshark
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 163 CVEs
 before 3.4.8-1.2
3.4.8-1.2

History

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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-7418 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Wireshark, published February 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.67%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in wireshark 2.4.5-1.

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