Medium severity · published Jan 8, 2019
CVE-2019-5721
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the ENIP dissector could crash
5.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the ENIP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-enip.c by changing the memory-management approach so that a use-after-free is avoided.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.4.0 through 2.4.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5721
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5721
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Exploit
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14470
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1c66174ec7aa19e2ddc79178cf59f15a654fc4fe
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-05.html
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