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.
Published: 2018-10-12
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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Debian Debian Linux
Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:01:15.077Z

Reserved: 2018-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-18226

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-12T06:29:01.113

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:55:33.883

Link: CVE-2018-18226

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-18226 - Bugzilla

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