# CVE-2015-2190: Integer overflow in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via crafted LLDP packets due to improper handling of large integer data types.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 8 Mar 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2190, GHSA-ffqw-9wrr-c9hr

## What is CVE-2015-2190?

CVE-2015-2190 is a medium-severity 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

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly handle integer data types greater than 32 bits in size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled by the LLDP dissector.

Weakness: CWE-19

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2190?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris, Wireshark Wireshark.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-2190?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-2190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse

- [CVE-2015-5957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5957/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0491/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-2388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2388/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-1866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1866/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-0492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0492/): Other in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-2190 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-2190 is a medium-severity 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Opensuse. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2190/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2190/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2190
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2190
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2190

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