CVE-2010-4538

Public Exploit

Description

Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 56.90% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0053 vdb entry
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7 mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0110 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:002 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024930 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/42853 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42910 third party advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539 patch exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0008 vdb entry
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/70244 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14937 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/42767 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0013.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0069 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2144 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0099 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/42914 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4538?
CVE-2010-4538 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4538?
To fix CVE-2010-4538, 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-2010-4538 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4538 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~57% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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