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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
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
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-48.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-10-12 06:29

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:55

NVD link : CVE-2018-18226

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18226

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-18226

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Products Affected

wireshark

wireshark

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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