# CVE-2020-9429: Null dereference in n/a

> A null pointer dereference in the WireGuard dissector allows attackers to crash Wireshark, requiring a software patch to resolve.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Feb 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9429, GHSA-hm4c-x6v5-6m98

## What is CVE-2020-9429?

CVE-2020-9429 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 27 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9429?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Opensuse Leap, Wireshark Wireshark.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-9429?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-9429 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap

- [CVE-2015-4902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4902/): Oracle Java SE Integrity Check (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-14804](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14804/): package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-20787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20787/): Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-8341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8341/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-6438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6438/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-9429 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-9429 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 27 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Leap. 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-2020-9429/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9429/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9429
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9429
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9429

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9429/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.