CVE-2019-12295

Description

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.20% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15778 patch vendor advisory issue tracking
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-19.html vendor advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b6e197da4c497e229ed3ebf6952bae5c426a820
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108464 vdb entry broken link
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06725231 third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4133-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K06725231?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00036.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12295?
CVE-2019-12295 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12295?
To fix CVE-2019-12295, 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-2019-12295 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12295 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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