In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth.
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4101
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00032.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102504
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-01.html
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f6702e49a9720d173246668495eece6d77eca5b0
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f4c95cf46ba6adbd10b09747e10742801bc706b
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14253
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2018-01-11
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.01005