CVE-2010-2995

Description

The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) in Wireshark 0.10.8 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to sigcomp-udvm.c and an off-by-one error, which triggers a buffer overflow, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2287.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.64% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4867
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12049 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/42877 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076 vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2995?
CVE-2010-2995 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2995?
To fix CVE-2010-2995, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2995 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2995 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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