CVE-2015-2187 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via stack memory corruption in Wireshark's ATN-CPDLC dissector by sending a crafted packet.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-2187?
CVE-2015-2187 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 8 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The dissect_atn_cpdlc_heur function in asn1/atn-cpdlc/packet-atn-cpdlc-template.c in the ATN-CPDLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly follow the TRY/ENDTRY code requirements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2187?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2187?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-2187 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2187 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2187, GHSA-wmr5-x9pv-7xf7.