CVE-2010-4538 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Wireshark versions prior to 1.4.2, specifically within the sect_enttec_dmx_da function. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted ENTTEC DMX packet utilizing Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but offering full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV list), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and despite its age, it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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