CVE-2015-6241

Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.7 - Denial of Service via Crafted Packet in Protocol Tree

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The proto_tree_add_bytes_item function in epan/proto.c in the protocol-tree implementation in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not properly terminate a data structure after a failure to locate a number within a string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-21.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 68.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (8)
oracle/solaris 11.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.6
Published Aug 24, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026