CVE-2010-4538
Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 28.98% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 3 January 2011
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 29.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8
- http://osvdb.org/70244
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42767Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42910
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42914
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2144
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:002
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0013.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024930
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0008
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0053
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0069
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0099
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0110
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539Exploit, Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14937
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8
- http://osvdb.org/70244
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42767Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42910
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.