Release Date: | 2015-08-11 | |
Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation inepan/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.
See more information about CVE-2015-6248 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 4.3 |
Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Version: | 2.0 |
Attack Vector: | Network |
Attack Complexity: | Medium |
Authentication: | None |
Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None |
Availability Impact: | Partial |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 7 (wireshark) | ELSA-2015-2393 | 2015-11-23 |
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