CVE-2010-4538 Memory corruption in n/a
Critical 9.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4538 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2010-4538 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 7 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-4538 exists.
Affected product: Wireshark Wireshark. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4538/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4538/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet in Wireshark.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-4538?
CVE-2010-4538 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 7 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4538?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (32)
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
wireshark-gnome Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 |
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4538?
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-2010-4538 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-4538 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4538, DSA-2144-1, GHSA-62gg-qf9h-q3jx, RHSA-2011:0013.