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CVE-2019-10896

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10896 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.4.0-2.4.13, 2.6.0-2.6.7, and 3.0.0, where a crafted DOF dissector could lead to a crash. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) is remotely exploitable with low complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and primarily impacts availability. While the vulnerability affects various distributions like Debian and Fedora, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0574 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-10896Moderate

wireshark: DOF dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2019-15)

Mar 18, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00036.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LYIOOQIMFQ3PA7AFBK4DNXHISTEYUC5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU3QA2DUO3XS24QE24CQRP4A4XQQY76R
usn.ubuntu.com / 3986-1
Third Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2019-15.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/107834
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry