7.5

CVE-2010-0304: wireshark

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-0304
Published 03-02-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-0304 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 74.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 6 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
55/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
74.08%
0%100%
Critical · +0.41 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits6reference, exploit-database, metasploit

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1983-1RHSA-2010:0360

Timeline

  1. 03-02-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

74.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.41 pp

From 73.67% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
74.08%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

6 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    Wireshark - LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    Wireshark 1.2.5 - 'LWRES getaddrbyname' Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC)

    Maturity: poc

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  • exploit-databaseremotemultipleVerified

    Wireshark - LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Loop) (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow

    exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname

    Maturity: weaponized

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (loop)

    exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname_loop

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.2.6-1
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL0.9.15 | 1.0 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.0.10 | 1.2 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

19 links
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