CVE-2019-9208
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the TCAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/tcap/tcap.cnf by avoiding NULL pointer dereferences.
02 Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the TCAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/tcap/tcap.cnf by avoiding NULL pointer dereferences.
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
- 3.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2019-02-28 04:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 21:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1f7630a4f0277aedf69041ff7a5d6c332a6eb43db0e5285b630f16263cfdf492
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com107203http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107203
- www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-07.html
- code.wireshark.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d1b8004ed3a07422ca5d4e4ee8097150b934fd2
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15464
- www.debian.orgDSA-4416https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416
- seclists.org20190324 [SECURITY] [DSA 4416-1] wireshark security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00007.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1390http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3986-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3986-1/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0362http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.8-1~ubuntu16.04.0
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.8-1~ubuntu18.04.0
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.8-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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.