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CVE-2020-17498

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 2.78%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-08-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2020-17498
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
2.78%

Original NVD 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.

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