CVE-2015-3813
wireshark: Reassembly memory leak (wnpa-sec-2015-16)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 12, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the way packet reassembly code of wireshark would parse a packet which could leak memory. An attacker could use this flaw to crash wireshark by sending a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet trace file.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime