CVE-2018-14938 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2018-14938

An issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through 1.5.0-alpha....

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through 1.5.0-alpha. There is an integer overflow in the function handle_prism during caplen processing. If the caplen is less than 144, one can cause an integer overflow in the function handle_80211, which will result in an out-of-bounds read and may allow access to sensitive memory (or a denial of service).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

digitalcorpora

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Affected Software

tcpflow, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.5.0, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

Timeline

Official Publish: August 5th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.