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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.4% 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
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1, 42.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107203 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-06.html (Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, 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)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00031.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3986-1/ (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.