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CVE-2010-2993

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The IPMI dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4 (+5)

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/42877
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12031
• 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/42877
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

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