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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

29.0% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• ADV-2011-0053 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20101231 CVE Request: Wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2011-0167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2011-0128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0110 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 1024930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 42853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 42910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20110103 Re: CVE Request: Wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 45634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 70244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 42767 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0079 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0069 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• DSA-2144 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0099 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 42914 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 03:51 UTC.