vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-19625: wireshark: Heap-based buffer over-read in the dissection engine
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 29, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 29, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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