CVE-2010-4538
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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 29.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Wireshark - ENTTEC DMX Data RLE Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15898dos, multiplepublished 3 Jan 2011Verified
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
ID reserved
By redhat
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 29.0% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- ADV-2011-0053 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101231 CVE Request: Wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0110 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1024930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 42853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 42910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110103 Re: CVE Request: Wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 45634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 70244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 42767 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0079 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0069 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-2144 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0099 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 42914 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2010-4504 (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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