CVE-2020-7045 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2020-7045?

CVE-2020-7045 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by validating opcodes.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7045?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7045?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-7045 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7045 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7045, GHSA-hx2c-xvp4-cgw4, MGASA-2020-0044, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7045.