CVE-2018-18226 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Wireshark

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.5%
top 18.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 12
Latest updateMay 13

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:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.6.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.4-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.6.0 — 2.6.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9fc9-pcc6-hcpv: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-18226: In Wireshark 2↗2018-10-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Steam IHS Discovery dissector memory leak↗2018-10-10
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Debian
CVE-2018-18226: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the Steam IHS Discovery dissector could consume sys...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-18226 wireshark: Steam IHS Discovery dissector memory leak↗2018-10-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12086 CVE-2018-18225 CVE-2018-18226 CVE-2018-18227 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-10-25
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