CVE-2020-25866

wireshark: BLIP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2020-13)

Published Oct 6, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.6 and 3.0.0 to 3.0.13, the BLIP protocol dissector has a NULL pointer dereference because a buffer was sized for compressed (not uncompressed) messages. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-blip.c by allowing reasonable compression ratios and rejecting ZIP bombs.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-18498 In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.6 and 3.0.0 to 3.0.13, the BLIP protocol dissector has a NULL pointer dereference because a buffer was sized for compressed (not uncompressed) messages. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-blip.c by allowing reasonable compression ratios and rejecting ZIP bombs.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:49 PM
Reserved
Sep 24, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 6, 2020, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:07 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 23, 2020, 12:00 AM