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CVE-2015-2189

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2189 describes an off-by-one error in the pcapng file parser within Wireshark versions 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4, as well as various Linux distributions. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read and application crash (Denial of Service) by providing a specially crafted packet containing an invalid Interface Statistics Block (ISB) interface ID. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0460 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,703 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.8.10-17.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.10.14-7.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-2189Low

wireshark: The pcapng file parser could crash (wnpa-sec-2015-08)

Mar 4, 2015

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0117.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1460.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201510-03
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3210
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/72944
securitytracker.com / id/1031858
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2015-08.html
Vendor Advisory