CVE-2010-1455
The DOCSIS dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.12 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet trace file.
02 Description
The DOCSIS dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.12 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet trace file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-05-11 23:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 01:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-04-15
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1141609c9d0c51053ea67d7b281eb54e9ee7366afa468ce102cdca7434fb2ec5
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:001http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
- secunia.com43068http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- www.securityfocus.com39950http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39950
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0212http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4646
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4644
- secunia.com39661http://secunia.com/advisories/39661
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-03.html
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-04.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1081http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1081
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:099http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:099
- secunia.com42877http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0076http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwireshark-docsis-dos(58362)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58362
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100507 Re: CVE Assignment (wireshark)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/07/7
- www.osvdb.org64363http://www.osvdb.org/64363
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7331https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7331
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.2.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.2.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.2.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.