CVE-2015-3811

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2015-3811 · Published 26/05/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-3811 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 87.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`= 1.10.0= 1.10.1= 1.10.10= 1.10.11= 1.10.12= 1.10.13= 1.10.2= 1.10.3= 1.10.4= 1.10.5= 1.10.6= 1.10.7= 1.10.8= 1.10.9= 1.12.0= 1.12.1= 1.12.2= 1.12.3= 1.12.4`	No fix yet

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5 improperly refers to previously processed bytes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2188.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html · Third Party Advisory
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html · Third Party Advisory
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-14.html · Vendor Advisory
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03

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Affected versions

Patched versions

wireshark

= 1.10.0= 1.10.1= 1.10.10= 1.10.11= 1.10.12= 1.10.13= 1.10.2= 1.10.3= 1.10.4= 1.10.5= 1.10.6= 1.10.7= 1.10.8= 1.10.9= 1.12.0= 1.12.1= 1.12.2= 1.12.3= 1.12.4

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