CVE-2010-2992 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2992?

CVE-2010-2992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 13 Aug 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

packet-gsm_a_rr.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.2 through 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2992?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2992?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-2992 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2992 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark

• CVE-2011-0444 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-2994 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-2995 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1266 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1210 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2992, GHSA-67h3-wv4p-472m.