The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the…

Description

The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (12)

• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b53445e815fd6b652d49df03ec3d60b088c4fbc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-28.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3fc4a831e035604b0af14ed8a5c9f6596a3448d0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-13945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 1033272 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-13946 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• DSA-3367 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 76387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:15 UTC.