# CVE-2010-2995: The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) in Wireshark 0.10.8 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 allows remote attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-08-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) in Wireshark 0.10.8 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to sigcomp-udvm.c and an off-by-one error, which triggers a buffer overflow, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2287.

## What to do

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4867
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12049
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42877
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0076

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