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CVE-2015-3182

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-dec-dnart.c in the DECnet NSP/RT dissector in Wireshark 1.10.12 through 1.10.14 mishandles a certain strdup return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.10.12, 1.10.13, 1.10.14

References

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74586
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032279
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219409
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=373deb5f4182a5c4ab8c8418a7bbaa5d6e72bb05
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74586
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032279
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219409
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=373deb5f4182a5c4ab8c8418a7bbaa5d6e72bb05
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03

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