wireshark: Stack-based off-by-one buffer overflow in dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime
Published Feb 28, 2019
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.40%
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the ASN.1 BER and related dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c by preventing a buffer overflow associated with excessive digits in time values.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark
Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
wireshark
Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Fix deferred | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | wireshark | Fix deferred | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This issue affects the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.40% (0.01398) | 71.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.40% (0.01398) | 68.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.39% (0.00390) | 58.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 53.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 52.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 50.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 16.31% (0.16306) | 92.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 10.22% (0.10225) | 87.52th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 10.22% (0.10225) | 87.37th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 2.48% (0.02476) | 78.74th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.48% (0.02476) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (15)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107203 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9209 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15447 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1685009 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f8fbe9f934d65b2694fa74622e5eb2e1dc8cd20b x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00031.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9209
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3986-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9209
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-06.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.