7.5

CVE-2020-9428: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-9428DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9428
Published 27-02-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-9428 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.11%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
DLA-2547-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the EAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c by using more careful sscanf parsing.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.11% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.11%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.wireshark.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Fedoraproject1 product
Opensuse1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 2.6.0, ≤ 2.6.14 | ≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 3.0.8 | ≥ 3.2.0, ≤ 3.2.1

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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