Is CVE-2018-6836 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6836 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6836?

CVE-2018-6836 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6836?

CVE-2018-6836 has an EPSS score of 2.77% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2018-6836?

No published fix for CVE-2018-6836 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6836

CRITICALEPSS 85th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark through 2.4.4 performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

CWE-763

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.77%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

bugs.wireshark.org

Other references1

code.wireshark.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.