VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-5718
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the RTSE dissector and other ASN.1 dissectors could crash.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the RTSE dissector and other ASN.1 dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/charsets.c by adding a get_t61_string length check.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 2.5% on 21 September 2026 to 1.4% on 26 October 2026.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15373Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cd09cb5cfb673beca3cce20b1d6a9bc67a134ae1
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-03.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15373Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cd09cb5cfb673beca3cce20b1d6a9bc67a134ae1
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-03.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.