CVE-2010-1455

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Ethereal Group Ethereal: 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.99.0
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 0.9.6, 0.99.0, 0.99.1, 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4 (+25)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39661
http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:099
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/07/7
http://www.osvdb.org/64363
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39950
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1081
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

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