CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-3906
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-05-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The logcat_dump_text function in wiretap/logcat.c in the Android Logcat file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not properly handle a lack of \0 termination, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted message in a packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3815.
Affected configurations
• wireshark wireshark 1.12.0
• wireshark wireshark 1.12.1
• wireshark wireshark 1.12.2
• wireshark wireshark 1.12.3
• wireshark wireshark 1.12.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74837 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-18.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11188 bugs.wireshark.org
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b3b1f7c3aa2233a147294bad833b748d38fba84d code.wireshark.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74837 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-18.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11188 bugs.wireshark.org
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b3b1f7c3aa2233a147294bad833b748d38fba84d code.wireshark.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03 security.gentoo.org