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title: "CVE-2015-2188\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-2188

Publication date 8 March 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2188?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

Version 1.12.0 to 1.12.3, 1.10.0 to 1.10.12 are affected

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2188)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2188)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-2188)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2188)

### Other references

* <https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-07.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2188>