$ cve CVE-2010-0304 JSON

CVE-2010-0304 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 74.1% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.

Scoring

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	74.08% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2010-02-03
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
wireshark	wireshark

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Wireshark - LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Loop) (Metasploit)	2010-11-24
exploit-db	Wireshark - LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)	2010-02-11
exploit-db	Wireshark 1.2.5 - 'LWRES getaddrbyname' Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC)	2010-01-29

References

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