Improper Input Validation Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.10.12)[1.12.0, 1.12.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318482
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed10 Jan 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-0563  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.10.12, 1.12.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c in the SMTP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 uses an incorrect length value for certain string-append operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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