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high 7.5

CVE-2019-13619 json

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.2, 2.6.0 to 2.6.9, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.15, the ASN.1 BER dissector and related dissectors could crash.

published 2019-07-17 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5054

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Wireshark 3.0.0 to 3.0.2, 2.6.0 to 2.6.9, and 2.4.0 to 2.4.15, the ASN.1 BER dissector and related dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/asn1.c by properly restricting buffer increments.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13619

  • wireshark Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0
  • wireshark Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0
  • wireshark Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13619

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wireshark SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 +3 more 3.2.2-3.35.2
  • spandsp SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 +3 more 0.0.6-3.2.1
  • libmaxminddb SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 +2 more 1.4.2-1.3.1
  • wireshark SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 +1 more 2.4.16-48.51.1
  • wireshark SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 +1 more 2.4.16-3.31.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1SUSE-SU-2019:2104-1SUSE-SU-2019:2103-1

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.4.8-1.2
  • wireshark openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.2.2-lp151.2.9.1
  • spandsp openSUSE Leap 15.1 0.0.6-lp151.3.3.1
  • libmaxminddb openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.4.2-lp151.3.3.1
  • wireshark openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.4.16-lp151.2.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1965-1

  • wireshark Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 3.0.3-r0
  • wireshark Alpine 3.9 2.6.10-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-13619

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-13619 updated cvss 7.5

wireshark: ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2019-20)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 wireshark, wireshark-cli
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 wireshark, wireshark-gnome
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.wireshark.org https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15870 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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