#VU45487 Buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2010-4538

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#VU45487 Buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2010-4538

Published: January 7, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45487
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4538
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Wireshark
Software vendor:
Wireshark.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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