CVE-2020-17498
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.23%
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c by avoiding a double free during LZ4 decompression.
How to fix CVE-2020-17498
To remediate CVE-2020-17498, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 3.2.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-17498 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.2.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |