High severity · published Aug 30, 2018
CVE-2018-16057
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash
7.5
CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by validating iterator operations.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.2.0 through 2.2.16; 2.4.0 through 2.4.8; 2.6.0 through 2.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16057
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16057
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105174
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041609
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15022
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bbf46eb46ae38392af8e6cd288795f0def50a621
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
More from Debian Linux
10.0
CVE-2025-32433
Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerable to Pre-Authentication RCE
10.0
CVE-2025-24201
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
10.0
CVE-2021-44228
Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints
10.0
CVE-2015-3306
ProFTPD Improper Access Control Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2026-111497
Out-of-Bounds Write in Google Brotli Decoder