CVE-2020-9430
High
CVE-2020-9430
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the WiMax DLMAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in plugins/epan/wimax/msg_dlmap.c by validating a length field.
Exploit probability
2.8%
Published
February 27, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
75 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-9430
View original source
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the WiMax DLMAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in plugins/epan/wimax/msg_dlmap.c by validating a length field.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16368
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16383
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b98dc63701b1da1cc7681cb383dabb0b7007d73
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=93d6b03a67953b82880cdbdcf0d30e2a3246d790
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDVMBCADP73TBISYCS6ARKOSNNJOGXXZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XN2GMGLT5XND7U34WX3O23WKUZ7JHMVN/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-04.html