CVE-2015-2188

Publication date 8 March 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wireshark	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
	17.10 artful	Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-2ubuntu14.10.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

CVE-2015-2188

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