vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2018-18226 : Steam IHS Discovery dissector memory leak
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 12, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 12, 2018
Added
Oct 15, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
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
wireshark-upgrade-2_6_4
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