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Wireshark Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2010-08) - Windows

🗓️ 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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Wireshark Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Windows - Upgrade to version 1.0.15 or 1.2.10 or late

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801434");
  script_version("2025-12-11T05:46:19+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-11 05:46:19 +0000 (Thu, 11 Dec 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-08-19 10:23:11 +0200 (Thu, 19 Aug 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2994");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Wireshark Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2010-08) - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-08.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html");

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Buffer overflow");
  script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/windows/detected");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause buffer overflow.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 0.10.13 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in handling 'ASN.1 BER dissector' which
  could be used to exhaust stack memory.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.0.15, 1.2.10 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if(version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.9")||
   version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"0.10.13", test_version2:"1.0.14")) {
  security_message(port:0, data:"The target host was found to be vulnerable");
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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11 Dec 2025 00:00Current
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CVSS 210
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