Improper Data Handling Affecting wireshark package, versions [0,1.10.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318550
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed8 Mar 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-2188  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.10.13 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Data Handling epan/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.

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