VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-6249

medium
Published 2015-08-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.3

Description

The dissect_wccp2r1_address_table_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c in the WCCP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not prevent the conflicting use of a table for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.12.7+g7fc8978-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.12.7+g7fc8978-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.12.7+g7fc8978-1
debian debiansidfixed1.12.7+g7fc8978-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.12.7+g7fc8978-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.12.0
wiresharkwireshark1.12.1
wiresharkwireshark1.12.2
wiresharkwireshark1.12.3
wiresharkwireshark1.12.4
wiresharkwireshark1.12.5
wiresharkwireshark1.12.6

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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