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CVE-2010-2286

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2286 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine dissector within Wireshark versions 0.10.7 through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8, allowing remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a partial availability impact with an adjacent network attack vector and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.8.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
6.5
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 94 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-2010-2286Low

wireshark: SigComp UDVM dissector infinite loop

Jun 9, 2010

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
secunia.com / advisories/40112
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42877
secunia.com / advisories/43068
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11792
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/06/11/1
securityfocus.com / bid/40728
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1418
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0076
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2010-05.html
Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2010-06.html
Vendor Advisory