CVE-2010-0304
Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 74.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbynameRank greatdisclosed 27 Jan 2010
- Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (loop) (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname_loopRank greatdisclosed 27 Jan 2010
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Wireshark - LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Loop) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16292remote, multiplepublished 24 Nov 2010Verified
- Wireshark - LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16289remote, linuxpublished 11 Feb 2010Verified
- Wireshark 1.2.5 - 'LWRES getaddrbyname' Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11288dos, multiplepublished 29 Jan 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 74.1% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- DSA-1983 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100129 Re: CVE id request: Wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38348 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 38829 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 37985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9933 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 61987 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 38257 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0239 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.2/epan/dissectors/packet-lwres.c?view=diff&r1=31596&r2=28492&diff_format=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1023516 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- wireshark-lwres-bo(55951) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-3556 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0335 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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