vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-18226): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 12, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 12, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the Steam IHS Discovery dissector could consume system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-steam-ihs-discovery.c by changing the memory-management approach.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2018-18226
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-18226
- CWE-772
- DEBIAN-DSA-4359
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15171
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6e920ddc3cad2886ef07ca1a8e50e2a5c50986f7
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18226
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-48.html
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