Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 7, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 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.
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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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