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CVE-2010-4301

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4301 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.1. A crafted ZigBee ZCL packet, specifically related to Discover Attributes, can trigger an infinite loop in the packet-zbee-zcl.c dissector, rendering the application unresponsive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial denial of service. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-15973) exists, but there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-15973 · Jan 11, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0929 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4301Low

Wireshark: Infinite loop in Zigbee ZCL dissector

Nov 18, 2010

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
osvdb.org / 69355
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/attachment.cgi
Patch
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/42290
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42877
secunia.com / advisories/43068
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14713
exploit-db.com / exploits/15973
securityfocus.com / bid/44986
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3038
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0076
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2010-14.html
Vendor Advisory