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CVE-2020-28030 json

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.7, the GQUIC dissector could crash.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-20521

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.7, the GQUIC dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gquic.c by correcting the implementation of offset advancement.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.8-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28030

  • wireshark SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 +1 more 3.2.8-3.44.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3376-1

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.4.8-1.2
  • wireshark openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.2.8-lp151.2.18.1
  • wireshark openSUSE Leap 15.2 3.2.8-lp152.2.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2107-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2076-1

  • wireshark Alpine 3.12 3.2.8-r0
  • wireshark Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 3.4.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-28030

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wireshark-cli Arch Linux 3.4.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1258

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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-2020-28030 updated cvss 7.5

wireshark: malformed packet on wire could make GQUIC protocol dissector loop

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 wireshark, wireshark-cli
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark, wireshark-gnome
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16887 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-682 Incorrect Calculation
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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