High severity · published Feb 27, 2020
CVE-2020-9431
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the LTE RRC dissector could leak memory
7.5
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the LTE RRC dissector could leak memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lte-rrc.c by adjusting certain append operations.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)2.7% · higher than 86% 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
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
30; 31; 32 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.6.0 through 2.6.14; 3.0.0 through 3.0.8; 3.2.0 through 3.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9431
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9431
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Exploit
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16341
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086003c9d616906e08bbeeab9c17b3aa4c6ff850
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDVMBCADP73TBISYCS6ARKOSNNJOGXXZ/
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