Description
In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.
Published: 2019-05-23
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2423-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3935 In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, 2.6.0 to 2.6.8, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.14, the dissection engine could crash. This was addressed in epan/packet.c by restricting the number of layers and consequently limiting recursion.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4133-1 Wireshark vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01026}

epss

{'score': 0.01969}


Subscriptions

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Debian Debian Linux
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Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:17:39.657Z

Reserved: 2019-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12295

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-23T12:29:00.393

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:22:34.513

Link: CVE-2019-12295

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-12295 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses