CVE-2015-3812 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Wireshark

CWE-399CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkOracle LinuxOracle Solaris
Timeline
PublishedMay 26
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Multiple memory leaks in the x11_init_protocol function in epan/dissectors/packet-x11.c in the X11 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.12.5+g5819e5b-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark19 versions+18
▶NVDoracle/solaris11.2

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-g66v-ghww-g5gw: Multiple memory leaks in the x11_init_protocol function in epan/dissectors/packet-x11↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2015-3812: Multiple memory leaks in the x11_init_protocol function in epan/dissectors/packet-x11↗2015-05-26
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CVEList
CVE-2015-3812: Multiple memory leaks in the x11_init_protocol function in epan/dissectors/packet-x11↗2015-05-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: X11 memory leak (wnpa-sec-2015-15)↗2015-05-12
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Debian
CVE-2015-3812: wireshark - Multiple memory leaks in the x11_init_protocol function in epan/dissectors/packe...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3812 wireshark: X11 memory leak (wnpa-sec-2015-15)↗2015-05-18
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