CVE-2020-26575
Publication date 6 October 2020
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
In Wireshark through 3.2.7, the Facebook Zero Protocol (aka FBZERO) dissector could enter an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-fbzero.c by correcting the implementation of offset advancement.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| wireshark | 25.10 questing |
Not affected
|
| 25.04 plucky |
Not affected
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/3ff940652962c099b73ae3233322b8697b0d10ab
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16887
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/467
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/471
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/472
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/473
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26575