CVE-2015-2188
Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.13 and 1.12.x < 1.12.4 - Denial of Service via WCP Packet Decompression
Title source: llmDescription
epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly initialize a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled during decompression.
References (12)
Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0117.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:183
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3210
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10844
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-07.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72942
Scores
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
56.7%
Details
CWE
CWE-19
Status
published
Products (24)
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
mageia/mageia
4.0
opensuse/opensuse
13.1
opensuse/opensuse
13.2
oracle/linux
7
oracle/solaris
11.2
wireshark/wireshark
1.10.0
wireshark/wireshark
1.10.1
wireshark/wireshark
1.10.2
... and 14 more
Published
Mar 08, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026