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CVE-2018-14438

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.20%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-07-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-14438
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.20%

Original NVD Description

In Wireshark through 2.6.2, the create_app_running_mutex function in wsutil/file_util.c calls SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set a NULL DACL, which allows attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily.