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CVE-2015-2189

Published: Mar 8, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
4.6%
Top 9.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

n/an/a
wiresharkwireshark
On-premDesktop App
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
linuxoracle
On-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
solarisoracle
OS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
opensuseopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
wiresharkoss-projectUSSecurity Products
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-08.html
wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a835c85e3d662343d7283f1dcdacb8a11d1d0727
code.wireshark.org
and 10 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Mar 8, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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