CVE-2020-15466

HIGH 7.5CVE-2020-15466 · Published 05/07/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-15466 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.0%, higher than 87.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`≥ 3.2.0, ≤ 3.2.4`	No fix yet

Description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gvcp.c by ensuring that an offset increases in all situations.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00026.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00038.html · Mailing List
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html · Mailing List
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13 · Third Party Advisory
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-09.html · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

wireshark

≥ 3.2.0, ≤ 3.2.4

No fix yet

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