vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-16057): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 30, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 30, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by validating iterator operations.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2018-16057
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-16057
- DEBIAN-DSA-4315
- EUVD-EUVD-2018-7914
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15022
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-7914
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16057
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-46.html
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