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CVE-2015-6248 Details

Description

The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html CVE
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358 CVEIssue Tracking
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
oracle linux
7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
oracle solaris
11.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
wireshark wireshark
1.12.0
1.12.1
1.12.2
1.12.3
1.12.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

17 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-6248
NVD Published Date:
Aug 24, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-6248 Details - Not Deferred