Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2020-11647
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-07.html (Vendor Advisory)
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00026.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00038.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-11647?
- CVE-2020-11647 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-10.
- How severe is CVE-2020-11647?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.