CVE-2018-18226
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-18226
To remediate CVE-2018-18226, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 2.6.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-18226 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.6.4-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |