CVE-2015-0563

wireshark: SMTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-04)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 7, 2015

Updated · January 14, 2026

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c in the SMTP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 uses an incorrect length value for certain string-append operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Statement

This issue did not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-131 · Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size