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HIGH

CVE-2018-19623

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

4.2 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

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Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2018-19623 Red Hat Product Security

    wireshark: Heap buffer overflow in packet-lbmpdm.c:dissect_segment_ofstable() allows denial of service or possibly arbitrary code execution

Full record on NVD

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the LBMPDM dissector could crash. In addition, a remote attacker could write arbitrary data to any memory locations before the packet-scoped memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lbmpdm.c by disallowing certain negative values.

Technical details

Published
2018-11-29

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19623?

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the LBMPDM dissector could crash. In addition, a remote attacker could write arbitrary data to any memory locations before the packet-scoped memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lbmpdm.c by disallowing certain negative values.

Is CVE-2018-19623 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-19623 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 4.2% on 2026-10-19, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-19623?

CVE-2018-19623 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).

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