Buffer overflow in Wireshark
CVE-2019-9209
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the ASN.1 BER and related dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c by preventing a buffer overflow associated with excessive digits in time values.
EPSS: 0.014 (69.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Wireshark
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1, 42.3
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-9209?
- CVE-2019-9209 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-02-28.
- How severe is CVE-2019-9209?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.