# CVE-2015-3815: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via a crafted Android Logcat packet due to missing payload length checks in the parser.

- **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-2015-3815, GHSA-mf3q-r5cj-w985

## What is CVE-2015-3815?

CVE-2015-3815 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 detect_version function in wiretap/logcat.c in the Android Logcat file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not check the length of the payload, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a packet with a crafted payload, as demonstrated by a length of zero, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-3906.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3815?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wireshark Wireshark.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-3815?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-3815 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3815 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-2015-3815 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-3815 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-2015-3815 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-2015-3815/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3815/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3815
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3815
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-3815

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3815/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.