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CVE-2015-1522

high
Published 2017-04-24 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
VIR risk
7.5

Description

analyzer/protocol/dnp3/DNP3.cc in Bro before 2.3.2 does not reject certain non-zero values of a packet length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow or buffer over-read) via a crafted DNP3 packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
brobro{"endIncluding":"2.3.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.