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CVE-2015-3814

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3814 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5, specifically within the IEEE 802.11 dissector functions dissect_tfs_request and dissect_tfs_response. An attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted packet that causes an infinite loop due to the software interpreting a zero value as a length rather than an error. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0295 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3814Moderate

wireshark: IEEE 802.11 infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2015-17)

May 12, 2015

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor 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
securityfocus.com / bid/74631
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2015-17.html
Vendor Advisory