wireshark: crash in LWRES dissector
Published Feb 3, 2010
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 74.08%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.9.15
- 1.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.0.10
- 1.2
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
wireshark-0:1.0.11-EL3.6
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0360
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el4_8.5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0360
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el5_5.5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0360
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | wireshark-0:1.0.11-EL3.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0360 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el4_8.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0360 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark-0:1.0.11-1.el5_5.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0360 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 74.08% (0.74080) | 99.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 73.48% (0.73485) | 99.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 20, 2026 | 79.75% (0.79754) | 99.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 2, 2026 | 75.99% (0.75991) | 98.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 74.71% (0.74714) | 98.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 6, 2025 | 77.12% (0.77116) | 98.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 67.43% (0.67433) | 98.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 59.30% (0.59299) | 98.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 16, 2025 | 85.41% (0.85414) | 98.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 10, 2025 | 87.31% (0.87308) | 98.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 90.84% (0.90836) | 99.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 93.86% (0.93861) | 99.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 23, 2024 | 93.85% (0.93849) | 99.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 23, 2023 | 94.08% (0.94077) | 98.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | 93.65% (0.93652) | 98.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 93.98% (0.93981) | 98.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2023 | 94.37% (0.94369) | 98.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2023 | 94.66% (0.94655) | 98.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 94.64% (0.94643) | 98.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 65.25% (0.65250) | 99.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 65.25% (0.65250) | 98.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.2/epan/dissectors/packet-lwres.c?view=diff&r1=31596&r2=28492&diff_format=h x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036415.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://osvdb.org/61987 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38257 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38348 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38829 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1983 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:031 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/29/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37985 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023516 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0239 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0304 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559793 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55951 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0304
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8490 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9933 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0304
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