# CVE-2015-3813: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in Wireshark by sending crafted packets with insufficient snapshot length.

- **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:** 26 May 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3813, GHSA-8763-cjp2-7qf4

## What is CVE-2015-3813?

CVE-2015-3813 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 26 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in the packet-reassembly feature in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not properly determine the defragmentation state in a case of an insufficient snapshot length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3813?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wireshark Wireshark.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-3813?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-3813 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark

- [CVE-2011-0444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0444/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-2994](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2994/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-2995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2995/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1266/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1210/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-3813 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-3813 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 26 May 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-2015-3813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Wireshark Wireshark. 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-2015-3813/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3813/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3813
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3813
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-3813

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3813/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.