CVE-2018-16057: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.5% 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 Radiotap dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by validating iterator operations.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; 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.