CVE-2020-25862
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.6, 3.0.0 to 3.0.13, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.20, the TCP dissector could crash.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.6, 3.0.0 to 3.0.13, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.20, the TCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c by changing the handling of the invalid 0xFFFF checksum.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.35% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-354
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux · oracle/zfs storage appliance firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/7f3fe6164a68b76d9988c4253b24d43f498f1753Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16816Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DQHPKZFQ7W3X34RYN3FWFYCFJD4FXJW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IGRYKW4XLR44YDWTAH547ODYYBYPB2D/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZUHMK5HYTUUDXA64T2TAMAFMYV674QBW/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-12.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/7f3fe6164a68b76d9988c4253b24d43f498f1753Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16816Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DQHPKZFQ7W3X34RYN3FWFYCFJD4FXJW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IGRYKW4XLR44YDWTAH547ODYYBYPB2D/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZUHMK5HYTUUDXA64T2TAMAFMYV674QBW/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-12.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.