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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-4538 Detail

Current Description

Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/70244 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/42767 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42853 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/42910 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/42914 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2144 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0013.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024930 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0008 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0053 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0069 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0099 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0110 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4538
NVD Published Date:
01/07/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.