CVE-2019-12295 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled RecursionCWE-94 — Code Injection9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
16
WiresharkF5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager+13 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 23
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages15 packages

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.8-1.1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.4.0 — 2.4.14+2
▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics12.1.3.6 — 12.1.5.3+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_edge_gateway12.1.3.6 — 12.1.5.3+5
▶NVDf5/big-ip_webaccelerator12.1.3.6 — 12.1.5.3+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.04

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6c7j-gh7x-rw3h: In Wireshark 3↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-12295: In Wireshark 3↗2019-05-23
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CVEList
CVE-2019-12295: In Wireshark 3↗2019-05-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities↗2019-09-16
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Red Hat
wireshark: missing dissection recursion checks leads to denial of service↗2019-05-21
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Debian
CVE-2019-12295: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12295 wireshark: missing dissection recursion checks leads to denial of service↗2020-05-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-12295 wireshark: missing dissection recursion checks leads to denial of service [fedora-all]↗2020-05-05
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