7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-10897
Wireshark IEEE 802.11 Infinite Loop Vulnerability
Description

In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.

INFO

Published Date :

April 9, 2019, 4:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:02 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-10897 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Wireshark wireshark

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-10897 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-10897 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=00d5e9e9fb377f52ab7696f25c1dbc011ef0244d [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=00d5e9e9fb377f52ab7696f25c1dbc011ef0244d
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-399 CWE-835
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107836 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107836 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107836 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15553 No Types Assigned https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15553 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-11.html No Types Assigned https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-11.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=00d5e9e9fb377f52ab7696f25c1dbc011ef0244d No Types Assigned https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=00d5e9e9fb377f52ab7696f25c1dbc011ef0244d Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.27 }} -0.05%

score

0.68561

percentile

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