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CVE-2019-19553

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.6 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.12, the CMS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/cms/packet-cms-template.c by ensuring that an object identifier is set to NULL after a ContentInfo dissection.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 5 products from wireshark, from opensuse, from oracle and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2019, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2019-12-05T01:15:14.237

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:34:57.417

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-909

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	≤ 2.6.12	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	≤ 3.0.6	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.1	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11	Yes
Operating System	oracle	zfs_storage_appliance	8.8	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15961 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34d2e0d5318d0a7e9889498c721639e5cbf4ce45 ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-22.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15961 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34d2e0d5318d0a7e9889498c721639e5cbf4ce45 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-22.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For wireshark's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.