CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-18226

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.

7.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-48.html Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6e920ddc3cad2886ef07ca1a8e50e2a5c50986f7 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15171 Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-12 06:29

Updated : 2020-03-20 01:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-18226

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18226

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-772