{"id":"CVE-2018-16057","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16057","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:26:47.087Z","title":"In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash.","description":"In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by validating iterator operations.","published":"2018-08-30T01:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.03513,"percentile":0.89145,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105174","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041609","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15022","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bbf46eb46ae38392af8e6cd288795f0def50a621","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4315","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-46.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105174","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041609","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15022","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bbf46eb46ae38392af8e6cd288795f0def50a621","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4315","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-46.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16057","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}