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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark | Jan 2, 2019 | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-wireshark | Dec 28, 2018 | Nov 28, 2018 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-2-6-5-11-4-5-0-1-1-0oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-tshark-2-6-5-11-4-5-0-1-1-0oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-diagnostic-wireshark-wireshark-common-2-6-5-11-4-5-0-1-1-0 | Feb 20, 2019 | Nov 28, 2018 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-libmaxminddb-develsuse-upgrade-libmaxminddb0suse-upgrade-libmaxminddb0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libspandsp2suse-upgrade-libspandsp2-32bitsuse-upgrade-libwireshark13suse-upgrade-libwireshark9suse-upgrade-libwiretap10suse-upgrade-libwiretap7suse-upgrade-libwscodecs1suse-upgrade-libwsutil11suse-upgrade-libwsutil8suse-upgrade-mmdblookupsuse-upgrade-spandsp-develsuse-upgrade-spandsp-docsuse-upgrade-wiresharksuse-upgrade-wireshark-develsuse-upgrade-wireshark-gtksuse-upgrade-wireshark-ui-qt | Dec 29, 2018 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Nov 29, 2018 | |
| Wireshark | wireshark-upgrade-2_4_11wireshark-upgrade-2_6_5 | Nov 30, 2018 | Nov 28, 2018 |
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