CVE-2020-25862
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.024 · 84 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.6, 3.0.0 to 3.0.13, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.20, the TCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c by changing the handling of the invalid 0xFFFF checksum.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (30)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1917Wireshark: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2020-09-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Wireshark ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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sources
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references (35)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/50476cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/7f3fe6164a68b76d9988c4253b24d43f498f1753cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16816cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DQHPKZFQ7W3X34RYN3FWFYCFJD4FXJW/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IGRYKW4XLR44YDWTAH547ODYYBYPB2D/cnnvd
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