The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.1 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture     file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this dissector. (CVE-2016-7958)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a     malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by avoiding use of a seven-     byte memcmp for potentially shorter strings. (CVE-2016-7957)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the wireshark packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish     operating systems.This package lays base for libpcap, a     packet capture and filtering library, contains     command-line utilities, contains plugins and     documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface     is packaged separately to GTK+ package.Security     Fix(es):In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7,     and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib     decompression could crash. This was addressed in     epan/tvbuff_zlib.c by rejecting negative lengths to     avoid a buffer over-read.(CVE-2018-14340)In Wireshark     2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15,     the DICOM dissector could go into a large or infinite     loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by preventing an offset     overflow.(CVE-2018-14341)In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3     and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB     dissectors could crash. This was addressed in     epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion     depth.(CVE-2018-5336)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and     2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by     correcting the extraction of the length     value.(CVE-2018-7418)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the     ROS dissector could crash with a NULL pointer     dereference. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c by     validating an OID.(CVE-2017-9347)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to     2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DICOM dissector has an     infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by validating a length     value.(CVE-2017-9349)In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and     2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an     infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length     overflows.(CVE-2018-19622)The dissect_dcom_OBJREF     function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not     initialize a certain IPv4 data structure, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-8714)In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to     2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the IrCOMM dissector has a     buffer over-read and application crash. This was     addressed in plugins/irda/packet-ircomm.c by adding     length validation.(CVE-2017-13765)In Wireshark 2.4.0 to     2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could     crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write     operations are bounded by the beginning of a     buffer.(CVE-2017-17083)The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info     function in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the     UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9     does not validate the number of PDUs, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-8712)epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c     in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.9 does not properly reserve memory for channel ID     mappings, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and     application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-8713)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and     2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the IMAP dissector could crash,     triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture     file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-imap.c by calculating a line's     end correctly.(CVE-2017-7703)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to     2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go     into an infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by trying to detect     self-referencing pointers.(CVE-2017-9345)In Wireshark     2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the Bazaar     dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c by ensuring     that backwards parsing cannot occur.(CVE-2017-9352)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.(CVE-2018-16057)epan/dissectors/packet-catap     ult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in     Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number     of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted packet.(CVE-2016-7177)Stack-based     buffer overflow in     epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the     Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before     2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-7179)In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP     dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or     a malformed capture file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this     dissector.(CVE-2016-7958)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1     and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DTN dissector could go into an     infinite loop, triggered by network traffic or a     capture file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by checking whether SDNV     evaluation was     successful.(CVE-2016-9375)epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.
    c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow and infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5359)epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c     in the PacketBB dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6505)epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c in     the MMSE dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6507)epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in     the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13     and 2.x before 2.0.5 uses an incorrect integer data     type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (large loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6508)Off-by-one error in     epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via     a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6510)epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c in     the IAX2 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11     and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 uses an incorrect integer data     type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-4081)Stack-based buffer overflow in     epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     long string in a     packet.(CVE-2016-4085)epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spo     olss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles     unexpected offsets, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5350)epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c     in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the reserved     C/T value, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5353)Off-by-one error in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a     different vulnerability than     CVE-2016-2530.(CVE-2016-2531)The     dissect_llrp_parameters function in     epan/dissectors/packet-llrp.c in the LLRP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     does not limit the recursion depth, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption or application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-2532)epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit     the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption     and application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-4006)epan/reassemble.c in TShark in     Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 relies on incorrect     special-case handling of truncated Tvb data structures,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (use-after-free and application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2016-4077)The AirPDcapPacketProcess     function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between     the total length and the capture length, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via     a crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8723)The ascend_seek     function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file     parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0'     character at the end of a date string, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted file.(CVE-2015-8729)The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg     function in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not reject unknown TLV types, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8731)The     dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     mishandles the case of an unrecognized TLV type, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted packet, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2016-2531.(CVE-2016-2530)The dnp3_al_process_object     function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-2523)The init_t38_info_conv function     in epan/dissectors/packet-t38.c in the T.38 dissector     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not ensure that     a conversation exists, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8716)The dissect_sdp function     in epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of     a negative media count, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8717)Double free vulnerability     in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1,     when the 'Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM' option     is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-8718)The dissect_dns_answer function     in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c in the DNS dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 mishandles the EDNS0     Client Subnet option, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8719)Buffer overflow in the     tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib     compression.(CVE-2015-8721)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture     file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this dissector. (CVE-2016-7958)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 2.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.1 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture     file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this dissector. (CVE-2016-7958)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a     malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by avoiding use of a seven-     byte memcmp for potentially shorter strings. (CVE-2016-7957)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
93940	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	10/10/2016	5/1/2026	high
131579	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/4/2019	4/8/2024	high
219956	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-7958	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	10/13/2025	high
311430	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/1/2026	5/1/2026	high

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