CVE-2015-2188

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2188
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-08 02:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionepan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly initialize a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled during decompression.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-19 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.11 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.12 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.10.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2015-07 · WCP dissector crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0489-1: moderate: Security update for wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-03) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.wireshark.org
Wireshark WCP Dissector CVE-2015-2188 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Wireshark ATN-CPDLC/WCP/LLDP/TNEF/SCSI OSD Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:183 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3210-1 wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
10844 – Buildbot crash output: fuzz-2015-01-09-27534.pcap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Issue Tracking
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0117 - Updated wireshark package fixes security vulnerabilies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit MITRE code.wireshark.org
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