CVE-2019-9209 — Off-by-one Error in Wireshark

CWE-193 — Off-by-one ErrorCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
WiresharkDebian WiresharkCanonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 28
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the ASN.1 BER and related dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c by preventing a buffer overflow associated with excessive digits in time values.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.6.7-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.7-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.4.0 — 2.4.12+1
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1, 42.3+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2cjg-pfcc-g8hr: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2019-9209: 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: Stack-based off-by-one buffer overflow in dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime↗2019-01-25
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Debian
CVE-2019-9209: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the ASN.1 BER and related disse...↗2019
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9209 wireshark: Stack-based off-by-one buffer overflow in dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime↗2019-03-04
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