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CVE-2010-2995 json

The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) in Wireshark 0.10.8 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 allows remote attacker…

published 2010-08-13 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-2997

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.7%
EPSS 6.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) in Wireshark 0.10.8 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to sigcomp-udvm.c and an off-by-one error, which triggers a buffer overflow, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2287.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2995

  • wireshark RHEL 3 1.0.15-EL3.1
  • wireshark RHEL 4 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1
  • wireshark RHEL 5 1.0.15-1.el5_5.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 3 1.0.15-EL3.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 5 1.0.15-1.el5_5.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0625

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2995 updated cvss 5.4

wireshark: SigComp UDVM dissector buffer overruns

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 wireshark 1.0.15-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) wireshark 1.0.15-1.el5_5.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el5_5.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 wireshark 1.0.15-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) wireshark 1.0.15-1.el5_5.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) wireshark 1.0.15-1.el5_5.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el5_5.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 wireshark 1.0.15-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 wireshark 1.0.15-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el4_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0625
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

6.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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