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GHSA-hwq7-3g9f-4w85
GHSA-hwq7-3g9f-4w85
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
Integer overflow in the dissect_xtp_ecntl function in epan/dissectors/packet-xtp.c in the XTP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop or application crash) via a large value for a span length.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7571 url
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-xtp.c?r1=44289&r2=44288&pathrev=44289 url
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44289 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50276 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51363 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 url
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035 url
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4288 advisory
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3 url
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15789 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html url
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-15.html url