CVE-2015-3811

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    CVE-2015-3811

    Published: 26 May 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5 improperly refers to previously processed bytes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2188.

    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/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-14.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10978, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10978, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a6fc6aa0b4efc1a1c3d7a2e3b5189e888fb6ccc2

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High