CVE-2019-9214

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the RPCAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rpcap.c by avoiding an attempted dereference of a NULL conversation.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.08% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com 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://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15536 vendor advisory issue tracking
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-08.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107203 third party advisory vdb entry
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c557bb0910be271e49563756411a690a1bc53ce5
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00007.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3986-1/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-9214?
CVE-2019-9214 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-9214?
To fix CVE-2019-9214, 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-2019-9214 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-9214 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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