CVE-2020-9430
wireshark: injecting a malformed packet may cause WiMax DLMAP dissector to crash due to out-of-bound read
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 26, 2020
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
An out-of-bounds read was discovered in Wireshark when processing WiMax packets. An attacker can trigger the flaw by injecting special packets onto the wire or by convincing a victim user into opening a malformed packet trace file.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read