CVE-2015-3813

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% 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

The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in the packet-reassembly feature in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not properly determine the defragmentation state in a case of an insufficient snapshot length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74633
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-16.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11129
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c35f2ccb4433718416551cc7a85afb0860529d57
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74633

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