CVE-2010-4538: wireshark

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-4538 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in wireshark. EPSS estimates a 28.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 07-01-2011
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.