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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Status

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

Notes


tyhicks

Version 1.12.0 to 1.12.3, 1.10.0 to 1.10.12 are affected