6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-17498
Wireshark Kafka Memory Corruption
Description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c by avoiding a double free during LZ4 decompression.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 13, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:19 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-17498 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 Oracle zfs_storage_appliance_kit
1 Opensuse leap
1 Wireshark wireshark

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-17498 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-17498 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=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221b [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221b
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16672 No Types Assigned https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16672 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221b No Types Assigned https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221b Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-10.html No Types Assigned https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-10.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-415
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.2.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.6
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

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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-2020-17498 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.25 }} 0.03%

score

0.65458

percentile

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