Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.2.11-6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
53.48% (98th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-WIRESHARK-11772941
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed7 Jan 2011

Introduced: 7 Jan 2011

CVE-2010-4538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 wireshark to version 1.2.11-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1