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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-4538 · published 7 January 2011

CVE-2010-4538: Wireshark memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Wireshark · Wireshark

Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 29% · top 1.9% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
29%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
44References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.

AV:N/AC:M/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.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8
http://osvdb.org/70244
http://secunia.com/advisories/42767 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42853
http://secunia.com/advisories/42910
http://secunia.com/advisories/42914
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2144
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:002
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0013.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024930
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0008
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0053
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0069
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0099
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0110
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539 ExploitPatch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14937
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8
http://osvdb.org/70244
http://secunia.com/advisories/42767 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42853
http://secunia.com/advisories/42910
http://secunia.com/advisories/42914
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2144
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:002
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0013.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024930
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0008
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0053
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0069
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-4538), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.