Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2019-19553

 

Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2019-19553

Published: December 5, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23405
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19553
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in CMS dissector. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted traffic or pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-19553

Install updates from vendor's website.

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