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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-2994 · published 13 August 2010

CVE-2010-2994: Wireshark memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Wireshark · Wireshark

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 0.10.13 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2010-2284 regression.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.4% · top 16.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 0.10.13 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2010-2284 regression.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12047
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12047

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-2994), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.