CVE-2015-3812

high

Description

Multiple memory leaks in the x11_init_protocol function in epan/dissectors/packet-x11.c in the X11 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.

References

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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8ccc2a6add29823a0ff0492fc50372449007e7b

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11088

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-15.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74637

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-05-26

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01307