CVE Database›CVE-2015-2190

CVE-2015-2190

wireshark: LLDP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2015-09)

Loading…

Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · March 4, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

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 · 2.9
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified