Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 363445

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 1.10.13. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.10.13 advisory.

- Integer overflow in the dissect_tnef function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef.c in the TNEF dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted length field in a packet. (CVE-2015-2191)

- epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly initialize a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled during decompression. (CVE-2015-2188)

- Off-by-one error in the pcapng_read function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out- of-bounds read and application crash) via an invalid Interface Statistics Block (ISB) interface ID in a crafted packet. (CVE-2015-2189)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.10.13 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 363445

File Name: macosx_wireshark_1_10_13.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2191

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191

IAVB: 2015-B-0030-S

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