# CVE-2018-14367: In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the CoAP protocol dissector could crash.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-19 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, the CoAP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-coap.c by properly checking for a NULL condition.

## What to do

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## References

- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14966
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041608
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81ce5fcb3e37a0aaeb7532f7a2a09366f16fa310
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-42.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104847
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html

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