CVE-2020-9428 — Out-of-bounds Read in Wireshark

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-74 — Injection7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
8.2%
top 7.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateMay 24

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 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

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 3.2.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.2.2-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.6.0 — 2.6.14+2
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 30, 31, 32

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q44r-xw3x-72c6: In Wireshark 3↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-9428: In Wireshark 3↗2020-02-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: injecting a malformed packet may cause the EAP dissector to crash due to out-of-bounds read↗2020-02-26
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Debian
CVE-2020-9428: wireshark - 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 dissec...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9428 wireshark: injecting a malformed packet may cause the EAP dissector to crash due to out-of-bounds read↗2020-03-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9428 wireshark: injecting a malformed packet may cause The EAP dissector to crash due to out-of-bounds read [fedora-all]↗2020-03-18
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