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CVE-2020-9428
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the EAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in…
High7.5EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the EAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c by using more careful sscanf parsing.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16397 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-05.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fe2de783dbcbe74144678d60a4e3923367044b2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-ef943221ca (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-87737529a4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-da7dcee2ec (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-202007-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210206 [SECURITY] [DLA 2547-1] wireshark security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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