CVE-2015-3813
wireshark: Reassembly memory leak (wnpa-sec-2015-16)
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in the packet-reassembly feature in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not properly determine the defragmentation state in a case of an insufficient snapshot length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.
La función fragment_add_work en epan/reassemble.c en la característica del remontaje de paquetes en Wireshark 1.12.x anterior a 1.12.5 no determina correctamente el estado de la defragmentación en un caso de una longitud de instantánea insuficiente, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria) a través de un paquete manipulado.
A flaw was found in the way packet reassembly code of wireshark would parse a packet which could leak memory. An attacker could use this flaw to crash wireshark by sending a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet trace file.
The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network. Security Fix: 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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-05-07 CVE Reserved
- 2015-05-26 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
- CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CAPEC
References (10)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html | X_refsource_confirm |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74633 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11129 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c35f2ccb4433718416551cc7a85afb0860529d57 | X_refsource_confirm |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277 | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-16.html | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3813 | 2017-03-21 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222438 | 2017-03-21 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| 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" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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| Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" | Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" | 1.12.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.12.4" | - |
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