High severity · published Oct 12, 2018
CVE-2018-18226
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the Steam IHS Discovery dissector could consume system memory
7.5
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/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)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.6.0 through 2.6.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18226
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18226
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105583
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041909
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15171
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e920ddc3cad2886ef07ca1a8e50e2a5c50986f7
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4359
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