ALPINE-CVE-2018-9257

ALPINE-CVE-2018-9257 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.5

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.5	wireshark	1.6.3-r0, 1.6.4-r0, 1.6.5-r0

Timeline

Apr 4, 2018 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-9257 advisory

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