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Vulnerability · Published Dec 11, 2020 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2020-26418

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in Wireshark from The Wireshark Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.0% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low
Exploit odds (30 days)3.0%top 12.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Memory leak in Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20wireshark3.4.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26418
Alpine:v3.21wireshark3.4.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26418
Alpine:v3.22wireshark3.4.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26418
Alpine:v3.23wireshark3.4.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26418
Alpine:v3.24wireshark3.4.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-26418
Debian:12wireshark3.4.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26418
Debian:13wireshark3.4.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26418
Debian:14wireshark3.4.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26418

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
The Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 3.4.0>=3.2.0 to <3.2.9

References