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CVE-2010-1455

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1455 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the DOCSIS dissector of Wireshark versions 0.9.6 through 1.0.12 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.7. A user-assisted remote attacker can trigger an application crash by providing a specially crafted packet trace file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity. It requires user interaction (AC:M) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N), leading to a partial denial of service (A:P) without impacting confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, consistent with the majority of older vulnerabilities.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.99.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.15-EL3.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el4_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_5.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1455Low

wireshark: DOCSIS dissector crash

May 5, 2010

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/39661
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42877
secunia.com / advisories/43068
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/58362
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7331
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/05/07/7
osvdb.org / 64363
securityfocus.com / bid/39950
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1081
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0076
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2010-03.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2010-04.html
Vendor Advisory