In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the EAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c by using more careful sscanf parsing.
CVE-2020-9428
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.1%, top 14% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 86.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 27, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- cve@mitrehttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16397
- cve@mitrehttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fe2de783dbcbe74144678d60a4e3923367044b2
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDVMBCADP73TBISYCS6ARKOSNNJOGXXZ/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XN2GMGLT5XND7U34WX3O23WKUZ7JHMVN/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13
- cve@mitrehttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-05.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16397
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fe2de783dbcbe74144678d60a4e3923367044b2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDVMBCADP73TBISYCS6ARKOSNNJOGXXZ/
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