CVE-2019-5721

Public Exploit

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the ENIP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-enip.c by changing the memory-management approach so that a use-after-free is avoided.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.19%
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://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c66174ec7aa19e2ddc79178cf59f15a654fc4fe
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14470 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-05.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-5721?
CVE-2019-5721 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-5721?
To fix CVE-2019-5721, 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-2019-5721 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-5721 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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