Out-of-bounds Read in Wireshark
CVE-2019-5718
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the RTSE dissector and other ASN.1 dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/charsets.c by adding a get_t61_string length check.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-03.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-5718?
- CVE-2019-5718 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-01-08.
- How severe is CVE-2019-5718?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.