Vulnerability in Wireshark
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. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by validating iterator operations.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.035 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Wireshark
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
References
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4315 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105174 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041609 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-46.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16057?
- CVE-2018-16057 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-08-30.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16057?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.