Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 7, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2010-4538
CVE-2010-4538
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
22- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/42767nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.htmlnvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7nvd
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8nvd
- osvdb.org/70244nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/42853nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/42910nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/42914nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2144nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0013.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0008nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0053nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0069nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0099nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0110nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14937nvd
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