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CVE-2015-2188 json

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…

published 2015-03-08 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-2295

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2188

  • wireshark Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
  • wireshark Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
  • wireshark Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2188

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • wireshark RHEL 7 1.10.14-7.el7
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 7 1.10.14-7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2393

  • wireshark SLES 12, SLED 12, SLE Software Development Kit 12 +1 more 1.10.13-8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0657-2SUSE-SU-2015:0657-1

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-2188 updated cvss 2.9

wireshark: The WCP dissector could crash while decompressing data (wnpa-sec-2015-07)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) wireshark 1.10.14-7.el7, wireshark-gnome 1.10.14-7.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) wireshark-devel 1.10.14-7.el7, wireshark-debuginfo 1.10.14-7.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) wireshark 1.10.14-7.el7, wireshark-gnome 1.10.14-7.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) wireshark-devel 1.10.14-7.el7, wireshark-debuginfo 1.10.14-7.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) wireshark 1.10.14-7.el7, wireshark-gnome 1.10.14-7.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) wireshark-devel 1.10.14-7.el7, wireshark-debuginfo 1.10.14-7.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2393
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark, wireshark-gnome
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-19 Data Processing Errors

References

Sources

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