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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-25863

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 MIME Multipart dissector could crash.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.92%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.92%). 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 MIME Multipart dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-multipart.c by correcting the deallocation of invalid MIME parts.

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
4.92% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
wireshark/wireshark · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux · oracle/zfs storage appliance firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.