CVE-2015-0562 Use after free in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted packets due to use-after-free errors in the DEC DNA Routing Protocol dissector.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-0562?

CVE-2015-0562 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 10 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in epan/dissectors/packet-dec-dnart.c in the DEC DNA Routing Protocol dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the use of packet-scope memory instead of pinfo-scope memory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0562?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0562?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2015-0562 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0562, GHSA-35hj-g5rm-v2ch, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0562.

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