Vulnerability Name: | CCN-109053 | ||||||
Published: | 2015-12-16 | ||||||
Updated: | 2015-12-16 | ||||||
Summary: | Wireshark is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the wmem_alloc. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted packet trace file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. | ||||||
CVSS v3 Severity: | 4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L) 3.9 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:R)
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CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
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Vulnerability Consequences: | Denial of Service | ||||||
References: | Source: CCN Type: Wireshark Bug Database Bug 11831 Wireshark assertion failure in wmem_alloc Source: CCN Type: Google Security Research Issue 662 Wireshark assertion failure in wmem_alloc Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN wireshark-wmemallocassertion-dos(109053) Source: CCN Type: Packet Storm Security [12-16-2015] Wireshark Wmem_alloc Assertion Failure Crash Source: EXPLOIT-DB Type: EXPLOIT Offensive Security Exploit Database [12-16-2015] | ||||||
Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration CCN 1: Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||
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