CVE-2010-0304
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 74.1%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 74.1% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0335)
- Published
- February 3, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0335 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
- wireshark / wireshark
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.2/epan/dissectors/packet-lwres.c?view=diff&r1=31596&r2=28492&diff_format=h
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036415.html
- http://osvdb.org/61987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38257(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38348(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38829
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1983
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:031
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/29/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37985(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023516
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0239(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-01.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-02.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55951
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8490
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9933
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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