CVE-2015-6248
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6248
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-6248.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-6248
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2015-08-24T23:59:08Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/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.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76387
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc