VDB
CVE-2018-14438
CVE-2018-14438
PUBLISHED
In Wireshark through 2.6.2, the create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c calls SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set a NULL DACL, which allows attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily.
EPSS 0.12% · 30.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.12%
30.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 1.10.2-1, 1.10.5-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04, 0, 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 2.4.2-1, 2.4.3-1, 2.4.4-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- 104876 (circl)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921 (circl)
Timeline
- Jul 20, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14438 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14438 third-party-advisory