CVE-2015-0563 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkOpensuse
Timeline
PublishedJan 10
Latest updateMay 14

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c in the SMTP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 uses an incorrect length value for certain string-append operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.12.1+g01b65bf-3 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.12.1+g01b65bf-3+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark15 versions+14
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x3q8-3jrc-q6hp: epan/dissectors/packet-smtp↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2015-0563: epan/dissectors/packet-smtp↗2015-01-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: SMTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-04)↗2015-01-07
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Debian
CVE-2015-0563: wireshark - epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c in the SMTP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-0563 wireshark: SMTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-04) [fedora-all]↗2015-01-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-0563 wireshark: SMTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-04)↗2015-01-08
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