CVE-2010-0304

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 74.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-02-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.9.15, 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 (+14)

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.2/epan/dissectors/packet-lwres.c?view=diff&r1=31596&r2=28492&diff_format=h
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036415.html
http://osvdb.org/61987
http://secunia.com/advisories/38257
http://secunia.com/advisories/38348
http://secunia.com/advisories/38829
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1983
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:031
http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/29/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37985
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023516

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