CVE-2018-18226

wireshark: Steam IHS Discovery dissector memory leak

Published Oct 12, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4359-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-9963 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:01 AM
Reserved
Oct 10, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 12, 2018, 6:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:46 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 10, 2018, 12:00 AM