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CVE-2018-16056
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…
High7.5EPSS 3.4%
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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 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f98fbce64cb230e94a2cafc410a3cedad657b485 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4315 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 105174 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1041609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14994 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-45.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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