Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2019-10897
In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.046 (91.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 3.0.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-11.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107836 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-10897?
- CVE-2019-10897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-04-09.
- How severe is CVE-2019-10897?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.