Buffer overflow in Wireshark

CVE-2010-4538

Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.290 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wireshark — versions 1.4.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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