CVE-2019-19553

Description

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.6 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.12, the CMS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/cms/packet-cms-template.c by ensuring that an object identifier is set to NULL after a ContentInfo dissection.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.38%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-22.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15961 issue tracking vendor advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34d2e0d5318d0a7e9889498c721639e5cbf4ce45
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-19553?
CVE-2019-19553 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-19553?
To fix CVE-2019-19553, 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-2019-19553 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-19553 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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