CVE-2019-10897: In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop

High severity · published Apr 9, 2019

CVE-2019-10897

In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop

7.5

CVSS

4.6%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Fedora · Fedoraproject

29; 30 · source: NVD

Wireshark · Wireshark

3.0.0 · source: NVD

Affected product

Fedora

Fedoraproject

All Fedora CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10897

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10897

lists.opensuse.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107836

Exploit

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15553

code.wireshark.org

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=00d5e9e9fb377f52ab7696f25c1dbc011ef0244d

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/