CVE-2010-0304 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via malformed packets due to buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0304?
CVE-2010-0304 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 3 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0304?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0304?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2010-0304 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-0304 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Metasploit modules and 3 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0304, GHSA-jpr3-gg36-wv7f.