In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff_composite.c by preventing a heap-based buffer over-read.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jan 2, 2019 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Dec 28, 2018 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.6.5-11.4.5.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.6.5-11.4.5.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.6.5-11.4.5.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade spandsp-develUpgrade libwsutil11Upgrade mmdblookupUpgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade spandsp-docUpgrade libwireshark13Upgrade libmaxminddb-develUpgrade libspandsp2Upgrade libmaxminddb0-32bitUpgrade libmaxminddb0Upgrade libspandsp2-32bitUpgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade wireshark-develUpgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwireshark9Upgrade wireshark | Dec 29, 2018 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 29, 2018 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.6.5Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.11 | Nov 30, 2018 | Nov 28, 2018 |
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