CVE-2019-9208 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.2%
top 11.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 28
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the TCAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/tcap/tcap.cnf by avoiding NULL pointer dereferences.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.6.7-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.7-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.4.0 — 2.4.12+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h33g-839v-6v7p: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2019-9208: In Wireshark 2↗2019-02-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities↗2019-05-16
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Red Hat
wireshark: null-pointer dereference in TCAP dissector↗2019-01-29
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Debian
CVE-2019-9208: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the TCAP dissector could crash....↗2019
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📄Research Papers

2
arXiv
Neural Transfer Learning for Repairing Security Vulnerabilities in C Code↗2022-01-04
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arXiv
Using Sequence-to-Sequence Learning for Repairing C Vulnerabilities↗2019-12-04
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9208 wireshark: null-pointer dereference in TCAP dissector↗2019-03-04
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