Out-of-bounds read in Wireshark - CVE-2015-3906
Published: May 26, 2015 / Updated: March 24, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40760
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3906
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the wiretap/logcat.c function in the Android Logcat file parser file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3906
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74837
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-18.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11188
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=b3b1f7c3aa2233a147294bad833b748d38fba84d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03