CVE-2015-2189
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CVE-2015-2189
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.
Exploit probability
4.6%
Published
March 8, 2015
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-2189
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0117.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1460.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/72944
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031858
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-08.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10895
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a835c85e3d662343d7283f1dcdacb8a11d1d0727
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03