NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting wireshark package, versions [3.0.0,3.0.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318512
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed16 Jan 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-7045  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 3.0.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by validating opcodes.

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