Buffer Overflow Affecting wireshark package, versions [2.4.0,2.4.15)[2.6.0,2.6.9)[3.0.0,3.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318029
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed23 May 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 May 2019

CVE-2019-12295  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.4.15, 2.6.9, 3.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. The dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1