CVE-2018-7337: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the DOCSIS protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by removing the recursive algorithm that had been used for concatenated PDUs.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: from 2.4.0, up to and including 2.4.4

Published 2018-02-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.