CVE-2015-3810

Severity

78%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

115%

epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c in the WebSocket dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 uses a recursive algorithm, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted packet.

epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c in the WebSocket dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 uses a recursive algorithm, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted packet.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Wireshark

First reported 9 years ago

2015-05-26 15:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-01 01:29:00

Affected Software

Wireshark 1.12.0

1.12.0

Wireshark 1.12.1

1.12.1

Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2

1.12.2

Wireshark 1.12.3

1.12.3

Wireshark 1.12.4

1.12.4

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