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CVE-2015-6248 Detail

Description

The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367 CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272 CVE, MITRE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking 
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0 CVE, MITRE
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-6248
NVD Published Date:
08/24/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE