CVE-2020-15466 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian LinuxOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedJul 5
Latest updateJul 31

Description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gvcp.c by ensuring that an offset increases in all situations.

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 Packages4 packages

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.2.5-1+3
▶Ubuntuwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark3.2.0 — 3.2.4
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1, 15.2+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
wireshark vulnerabilities↗2023-07-31
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GHSA
GHSA-v3q7-57mp-77xp: In Wireshark 3↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-15466: In Wireshark 3↗2020-07-05
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OSV
CVE-2020-15466: In Wireshark 3↗2020-07-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities↗2023-07-31
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Red Hat
wireshark: GVCP dissector infinite loop↗2020-07-05
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Debian
CVE-2020-15466: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. ...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15466 wireshark: GVCP dissector infinite loop↗2020-07-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15466 wireshark: GVCP dissector infinite loop [fedora-all]↗2020-07-08
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