CVE-2015-6248 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkOracle LinuxOracle Solaris
Timeline
PublishedAug 24
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark7 versions+6
▶NVDoracle/solaris11.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3p72-rmv7-7jc9: The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2015-6248: The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto↗2015-08-24
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OSV
CVE-2015-6248: The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto↗2015-08-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Ptvcursor crash (wnpa-sec-2015-28)↗2015-08-11
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Debian
CVE-2015-6248: wireshark - The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wi...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-6248 wireshark: Ptvcursor crash (wnpa-sec-2015-28)↗2015-08-13
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