Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wireshark package, versions [2.4.0,2.4.13)[2.6.0,2.6.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318357
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed28 Feb 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-9209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 2.4.13, 2.6.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. The ASN.1 BER and related dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c by preventing a buffer overflow associated with excessive digits in time values.

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