CVE-2018-19627

critical

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

9.5

Description

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by adjusting a buffer boundary.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19627

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201812-3

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`2.6.5-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.6.5-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.6.5-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.6.5-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.6.5-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.6.5-1`

References

https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201812-3
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19627

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.