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CVE-2010-2994

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-2994 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the ASN.1 BER dissector of Wireshark versions 0.10.13 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9, which was a regression of a previous issue. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with remote attack vectors and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.10.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.10.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0243 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
secunia.com / advisories/42877
secunia.com / advisories/43068
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12047
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0076
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
wireshark.org / docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html
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