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CVE-2015-3812

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3812 describes multiple memory leaks in the X11 dissector of Wireshark versions 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5, as well as affected Oracle products. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion by sending a specially crafted packet. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0373 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.8.10-25.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark-0:1.10.14-7.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3812Moderate

wireshark: X11 memory leak (wnpa-sec-2015-15)

May 12, 2015

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0631.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201510-03
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3277
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/74637
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2015-15.html
Vendor Advisory