CVE-2010-3445 Null dereference in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via a crafted ASN.1/BER packet, leading to a crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3445?
CVE-2010-3445 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 26 Nov 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3445?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3445?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2010-3445 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3445 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3445, DSA-2127-1, GHSA-27pv-p83w-4xp4.