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CVE-2018-19625

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19625 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, which could lead to a dissection engine crash. This flaw, tracked as CWE-125, primarily affects Debian distributions of Wireshark. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) to trigger, resulting in high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0141 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19625Low

wireshark: Heap-based buffer over-read in the dissection engine

Nov 27, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4359
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2018-51.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106051
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry