CVE-2018-19625
Publication date 29 November 2018
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/tvbuff_composite.c by preventing a heap-based buffer over-read.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| wireshark | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.6.5-1~ubuntu18.04.0
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.6.5-1~ubuntu16.04.0
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2.6.5-1~ubuntu14.04.1
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.5 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H