Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.
2010-02-03T18:30:00.717
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 0.9.15 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.8 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.9 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.0.10 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.2 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.3 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.4 | Yes |
| Application | wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.5 | Yes |