CVE-2020-7044

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—

7.5

In Wireshark 3.2.x before 3.2.1, the WASSP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wassp.c by using >= and <= to resolve off-by-one errors.

CVSS v3: 7.5
EG Score: 7.5(medium)
EPSS: 71.4%
KEV: Not listed

Published

January 16, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (16)

cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
cve@mitrehttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16324
cve@mitrehttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f90a3720b73ca140403315126e2a478c4f70ca03
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDVMBCADP73TBISYCS6ARKOSNNJOGXXZ/
cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XN2GMGLT5XND7U34WX3O23WKUZ7JHMVN/
cve@mitrehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
cve@mitrehttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-01.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16324
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f90a3720b73ca140403315126e2a478c4f70ca03
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDVMBCADP73TBISYCS6ARKOSNNJOGXXZ/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XN2GMGLT5XND7U34WX3O23WKUZ7JHMVN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Weakness Classification(3)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:39 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-27 08:58 UTCEG score recompute
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2026-05-24 21:12 UTCOSV refresh

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What is CVE-2020-7044?

CVE-2020-7044 is a high vulnerability published on January 16, 2020. In Wireshark 3.2.x before 3.2.1, the WASSP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wassp.c by using >= and <= to resolve off-by-one errors.

When was CVE-2020-7044 disclosed?

CVE-2020-7044 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 16, 2020, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2020-7044 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-7044 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 71.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-7044?

CVE-2020-7044 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2020-7044?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-7044, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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