VDB
CVE-2015-6243
CVE-2015-6243
PUBLISHED
The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2) dissector_get_default_string_handle functions.
EPSS 0.66% · 71.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.66%
71.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 2.4.2-1, 2.4.4-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 1.10.5-1ubuntu1, 1.10.3-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1, 1.12.8+g5b6e543-2 |
Timeline
- Aug 24, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6243 third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=eb1ccbdccde89701f255f921d88992878057477d third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11381 third-party-advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-23.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6243 third-party-advisory