7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-9208
Wireshark TCAP Dissector NULL Pointer Vulnerability
Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.12 and 2.6.0 to 2.6.6, the TCAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/tcap/tcap.cnf by avoiding NULL pointer dereferences.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 28, 2019, 4:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:13 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-9208 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 Debian debian_linux
1 Wireshark wireshark

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-9208 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-9208 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=3d1b8004ed3a07422ca5d4e4ee8097150b934fd2 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=3d1b8004ed3a07422ca5d4e4ee8097150b934fd2
  • 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]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3986-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00007.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107203 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107203 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107203 [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-07.html No Types Assigned https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-07.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15464 No Types Assigned https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15464 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=3d1b8004ed3a07422ca5d4e4ee8097150b934fd2 No Types Assigned https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=3d1b8004ed3a07422ca5d4e4ee8097150b934fd2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.0 up to (including) 2.4.12 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.0 up to (including) 2.6.6
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-9208 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-9208 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.62 }} 0.02%

score

0.79058

percentile

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