CVE-2019-12295

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-674

Description

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 19.04
Debian Linux: 9.0
F5 BIG-IP APM: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
BIG-IP: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
BIG-IP ASM: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5
F5 BIG-IP DNS: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: from 12.1.3.6 before 12.1.5.3; from 13.1.1.2 before 13.1.3.5; from 14.0.0.3 through 14.0.1; from 14.1.0 before 14.1.2.8; from 15.0.0 through 15.0.1; 15.1.0 — fixed in 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.14; from 2.6.0 through 2.6.8; from 3.0.0 through 3.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: F5 BIG-IP APM 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8; BIG-IP 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8; F5 Big-Ip Analytics 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8; F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM) 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8; BIG-IP ASM 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5; F5 BIG-IP DNS 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8; F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2; F5 Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2; F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8; F5 Big-Ip Link Controller 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8; F5 BIG-IP (LTM) 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8; F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM) 12.1.5.3, 13.1.3.5, 14.1.2.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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