CVE-2015-4651

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2015-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The dissect_wccp2r1_address_table_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c in the WCCP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.6 does not properly determine whether enough memory is available for storing IP address strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.12.4, 1.12.5

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00020.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3294
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75317
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032662
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-19.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11153
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=524ed1df6e6126cd63ba419ccb82c83636d77ee4
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00020.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3294
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

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