Wireshark 2.4.x < 2.4.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311462

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 2.4.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.4.10 advisory.

- In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values. (CVE-2018-18227)

- Buffer overflow in OPC UA applications allows remote attackers to trigger a stack overflow with carefully structured requests. (CVE-2018-12086)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.10 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311462

File Name: macosx_wireshark_2_4_10.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 5/1/2026

Updated: 5/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Wireshark, Host/MacOSX/Version, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12086, CVE-2018-18227

IAVB: 2018-B-0135-S

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