CVE-2015-2189

wireshark: The pcapng file parser could crash (wnpa-sec-2015-08)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Off-by-one error in the pcapng_read function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng file parser 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 (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via an invalid Interface Statistics Block (ISB) interface ID in a crafted packet.

Error de superación de límite (off-by-one) en la función pcapng_read en wiretap/pcapng.c en el analizador sintáctico pcapng en Wireshark 1.10.x anterior a 1.10.13 y 1.12.x anterior a 1.12.4 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (lectura fuera de rango y caída de la aplicación) a través de un identificador de la interfaz Interface Statistics Block (ISB) inválido en un paquete manipulado.

Wireshark, previously known as Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer, which is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-03-02 CVE Reserved
2015-03-08 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-189: Numeric Errors
CWE-193: Off-by-one Error

CAPEC

References (15)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0117.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72944	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10895	Issue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a835c85e3d662343d7283f1dcdacb8a11d1d0727	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html	2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1460.html	2023-11-07
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3210	2023-11-07
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:183	2023-11-07
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-08.html	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2189	2015-11-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1199165	2015-11-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.9 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.9"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.11 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.11"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.10.12 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.10.12"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.12.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.3"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				7 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "7"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Solaris Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris"				11.2 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" and version "11.2"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Mageia Search vendor "Mageia"		Mageia Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia"				4.0 Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia" and version "4.0"		-		Affected