CVE-2019-10898 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark 3.0.0, specifically within the GSUP dissector, which could lead to an infinite loop when processing a malformed Information Element length. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) could be triggered remotely without user interaction, resulting in a complete loss of availability for the affected Wireshark instance. While the vulnerability impacts various Fedora and Wireshark distributions, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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