CVE-2015-2188
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CVE-2015-2188
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.
Exploit probability
4.4%
Published
March 8, 2015
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2015-2188
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0117.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3210
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:183
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72942
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-07.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10844
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b204ff4846fe84b7789893c6b1d9afbdecac5b5d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03