CVE-2020-26419

low-risk
Published 2020-12-11

Memory leak in the dissection engine in Wireshark 3.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

Do I need to act?

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0.43% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
3
CVSS 3.1/10 Low
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Oracle Fedoraproject Wireshark

References (14)

Third Party Advisory https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26419.json
Exploit https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17032
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-12
Patch https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Vendor Advisory https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-19.html
Third Party Advisory https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26419.json
Exploit https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17032
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-12
Patch https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Vendor Advisory https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-19.html
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low-risk
Severity 11/34 · Low
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low