CVE-2015-2189 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2015-2189

Off-by-one error in the pcapng_read function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

wireshark, linux, solaris, opensuse, debian linux, mageia
Vulnerable Versions:
1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3, 1.10.4, 1.10.5, 1.10.6, 1.10.7, 1.10.8, 1.10.9, 1.10.10, 1.10.11, 1.10.12, 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 7, 11.2, 13.1, 13.2, 7.0, 8.0, 4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 8th, 2015
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.