vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2018-18226)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 12, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 12, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A flaw has been discovered in wireshark >= 2.6.0 and < 2.6.4 in the Steam IHS Discovery dissector where dynamically allocated memory was not properly freed on exception. This could be used by an attacker to crash wireshark by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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