Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions [0,1.12.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318251
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed26 May 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 May 2015

CVE-2015-3815  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.12.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The detect_version function in wiretap/logcat.c in the Android Logcat file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not check the length of the payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a packet with a crafted payload, as demonstrated by a length of zero, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3906.

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