CVE-2018-16056: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by verifying that a dissector for a specific UUID exists.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: from 2.2.0, up to and including 2.2.16; from 2.4.0, up to and including 2.4.8; from 2.6.0, up to and including 2.6.2

Published 2018-08-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.