CVE-2010-1455 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 11 May 2010 Updated 7 Aug 2024

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service in Wireshark by tricking a user into opening a malformed packet trace file.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2010-1455?

CVE-2010-1455 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal, published on 11 May 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The DOCSIS dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.12 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet trace file.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1455?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ethereal Group Ethereal, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1455?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-1455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CVE-2010-1456, DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1455, GHSA-7g9q-vjv3-946c.