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CVE-2010-4538 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a…

published 2011-01-07 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-4504

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.0%
EPSS 29.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.11-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4538

  • wireshark RHEL 4 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3
  • wireshark RHEL 5 1.0.15-1.el5_5.3
  • wireshark RHEL 6 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 5 1.0.15-1.el5_5.3
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 6 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0013

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

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-2010-4538 updated cvss 6.8

Wireshark: Stack-based array index error in ENTTEC dissector (upstream bug #5539)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) wireshark 1.0.15-1.el5_5.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) wireshark 1.0.15-1.el5_5.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) wireshark 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2, wireshark-gnome 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) wireshark 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2, wireshark-gnome 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3
    +7 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) wireshark 1.0.15-1.el5_5.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el5_5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) wireshark 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2, wireshark-gnome 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) wireshark 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2, wireshark-gnome 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) wireshark 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2, wireshark-gnome 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) wireshark 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2, wireshark-gnome 1.2.13-1.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wireshark 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3, wireshark-gnome 1.0.15-1.el4_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0013

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-15898)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

28.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-15898 Wireshark - ENTTEC DMX Data RLE Buffer Overflow dos, 2011-01-03
  • bugs.wireshark.org https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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