Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.8.10)[1.10.0,1.10.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318032
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed16 Sept 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Sep 2013

CVE-2013-5720  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.8.10, 1.10.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Buffer overflow in the RTPS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.10 and 1.10.x before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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