CVE-2010-3445
MEDIUMEPSS 90th pctlDescription
Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_unknown function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a long string in an unknown ASN.1/BER encoded packet, as demonstrated using SNMP.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.
References
- archives.neohapsis.com
- blogs.sun.com
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.fedoraproject.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- lists.opensuse.org
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- debian.org
- mandriva.com
- openwall.com
- openwall.com
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
- securityfocus.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- wireshark.org
- bugs.wireshark.org
- bugzilla.redhat.com
- oval.cisecurity.org
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-3103 | High | 10.0 | 90% | - | - |
| CVE-2009-0075 | High | 9.3 | 85% | - | - |
| CVE-2005-1790 | Low | 2.6 | 83% | - | - |
| CVE-2010-0806 | High | 8.8 | 82% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2009-2526 | High | 7.8 | 82% | - | - |
| CVE-2015-1868 | High | 7.8 | 82% | - | Fix |
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