CVE-2015-2191 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-189CWE-835 — Infinite Loop8 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
3.6%
top 12.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
WiresharkOptipng Project OptipngDebian Wireshark+3 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 8
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Integer overflow in the dissect_tnef function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef.c in the TNEF dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted length field in a packet.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages6 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark17 versions+16
▶Ubuntuoptipng_project/optipng< 0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.1
▶NVDmageia/mageia4.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mvvm-47h8-xff5: Integer overflow in the dissect_tnef function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef↗2022-05-14
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OSV
optipng vulnerabilities↗2016-04-18
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OSV
CVE-2015-2191: Integer overflow in the dissect_tnef function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef↗2015-03-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: The TNEF dissector could go into an infinite loop on 32-bit architectures (wnpa-sec-2015-10)↗2015-03-04
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Debian
CVE-2015-2191: wireshark - Integer overflow in the dissect_tnef function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef.c i...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-2191 wireshark: The TNEF dissector could go into an infinite loop on 32-bit architectures (wnpa-sec-2015-10)↗2015-03-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-2192 CVE-2015-2191 CVE-2015-2190 CVE-2015-2188 CVE-2015-2189 CVE-2015-2187 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2015-03-05
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