High severity · published Feb 28, 2019
CVE-2019-9208
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the TCAP dissector could crash
7.5
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the TCAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/tcap/tcap.cnf by avoiding NULL pointer dereferences.
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)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.4.0 through 2.4.12; 2.6.0 through 2.6.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9208
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9208
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107203
Exploit
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15464
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3d1b8004ed3a07422ca5d4e4ee8097150b934fd2
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