# CVE-2018-16057: 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.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-30 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4315
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105174
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041609
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15022
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-46.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bbf46eb46ae38392af8e6cd288795f0def50a621

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