CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18226
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772
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.
Affected configurations
• wireshark wireshark (>= 2.6.0 <= 2.6.3)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15171 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e920ddc3cad2886ef07ca1a8e50e2a5c50986f7 code.wireshark.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-48.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15171 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e920ddc3cad2886ef07ca1a8e50e2a5c50986f7 code.wireshark.org
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-48.html Vendor Advisory