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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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