CVE-2020-15466
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gvcp.c by ensuring that an offset increases in all situations.
02 Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gvcp.c by ensuring that an offset increases in all situations.
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
- 3.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.2% 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:3.1/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
- 2020-07-05 10:04Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 13:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-07-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d27dc229b3b7d65ed6f9a192855f0e2f6271606d662661127d10745d2e7012f1
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16029
- www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-09.html
- code.wireshark.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11f40896b696e4e8c7f8b2ad96028404a83a51a4
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1188http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00026.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1199http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00038.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210206 [SECURITY] [DLA 2547-1] wireshark security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- wireshark-cli Fixed in 3.2.5-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 3.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 3.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 3.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- wireshark Fixed in 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: 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.