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Wireshark ENTTEC DMX Data RLE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is caused by a boundary error in the 'dissect_enttec_dmx_data()' function when processing RLE Compressed DMX data of the ENTTEC protocol which can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Wireshark version 1.4.2.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark 1.4.3.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)