CVE-2020-9429 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, specifically within the WireGuard dissector, which could lead to a crash. This flaw, categorized as a NULL pointer dereference (CWE-476), affects products like openSUSE Leap and Wireshark itself. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a network-exploitable risk with low attack complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.2.0, <= 3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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