CVE-2015-3810

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c in the WebSocket dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 uses a recursive algorithm, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.12.4

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74629
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-13.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10989
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ee6bcbd2e03a25f1e6b0239558d9edeaf8040c0
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74629
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-13.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10989

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