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CVE-2015-6245

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6245 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the GSM RLC/MAC dissector of Wireshark versions 1.12.x before 1.12.7, affecting various Wireshark installations on Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, and other Linux/Solaris systems. This flaw, caused by incorrect integer data types, allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop via a specially crafted packet. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), it has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
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 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0295 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (1)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-6245Moderate

wireshark: GSM RLC/MAC dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2015-25)

Aug 11, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168837.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165509.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00053.html
bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3367
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76382
securitytracker.com / id/1033272
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2015-25.html