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CVSSv2

CVE-2015-6242

Published: 24/08/2015 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

The wmem_block_split_free_chunk function in epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_block.c in the wmem block allocator in the memory manager in Wireshark 1.12.x prior to 1.12.7 does not properly consider a certain case of multiple realloc operations that restore a memory chunk to its original size, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (incorrect free operation and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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wireshark wireshark 1.12.0

wireshark wireshark 1.12.2

wireshark wireshark 1.12.1

wireshark wireshark 1.12.6

wireshark wireshark 1.12.3

Vendor Advisories

Debian Security Advisories: DSA-3367-1 wireshark -- security update
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for ZigBee, GSM RLC/MAC, WaveAgent, ptvcursor, OpenFlow, WCCP and in internal functions which could result in denial of service For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1121+g01b65bf-4+deb8u3 For the testing distribution (stretch), these pr ...
Red Hat: CVE-2015-6242
The wmem_block_split_free_chunk function in epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_blockc in the wmem block allocator in the memory manager in Wireshark 112x before 1127 does not properly consider a certain case of multiple realloc operations that restore a memory chunk to its original size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorr ...

References

CWE-20http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-22.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11373http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3367http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.htmlhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033272https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eaf1aad31e7c0a4908c20a42ae118c4dc8d474b6https://nvd.nist.govhttps://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-3367https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-6242
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