4.3

CVE-2010-1455: ethereal_group ethereal Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-1455
Published 11-05-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-1455 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ethereal_group ethereal. EPSS estimates a 1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Duplicates 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1RHSA-2010:0625CVE-2010-1456

Timeline

  1. 11-05-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The DOCSIS dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.12 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet trace file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.70% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 1.2.8-1
Ethereal_group1 product
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL0.9.6 | 0.99.0 | 0.99.1 | 0.99.2 | 0.99.3 | 0.99.4 | 0.99.5 | 0.99.6 | 0.99.7 | 0.99.8 | 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 | 1.0.11 | 1.0.12 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7

3 vendors · 3 products

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