High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 4, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-9258
CVE-2018-9258
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the TCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c by preserving valid data sources.
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References
4- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00019.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-21.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
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