Wireshark · Wireshark · CVE-2018-5336
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.11
Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.3
**Description**
The issue concerns the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors in Wireshark, which could crash due to excessive recursion. This was resolved by limiting the recursion depth in the epan/tvbparse.c file.
**Recommendations**
For Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.11, update to a version that includes the fix for the recursion depth limitation in epan/tvbparse.c.
For Wireshark versions 2.4.0 through 2.4.3, update to a version that includes the fix for the recursion depth limitation in epan/tvbparse.c.