CVE-2015-6246

high

Description

The dissect_wa_payload function in epan/dissectors/packet-waveagent.c in the WaveAgent dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles large tag values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) 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/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-6188

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5523726e6960fe9d7e301376fd7a94599f65fd42

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-26.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76381

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-08-24

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02963