Out-of-bounds Read Affecting wireshark package, versions [3.2.0,3.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318430
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed16 Jan 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-7044  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 3.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. In Wireshark 3.2.x before 3.2.1, the WASSP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wassp.c by using >= and <= to resolve off-by-one errors.

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