VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-3812

high
Published 2015-05-26 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Multiple memory leaks in the x11_init_protocol function in epan/dissectors/packet-x11.c in the X11 dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.14 and 1.12.x before 1.12.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.12.5+g5819e5b-1
sid Fixed 1.12.5+g5819e5b-1
forky Fixed 1.12.5+g5819e5b-1
bullseye Fixed 1.12.5+g5819e5b-1
bookworm Fixed 1.12.5+g5819e5b-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
wiresharkwireshark1.10.0
wiresharkwireshark1.10.1
wiresharkwireshark1.10.2
wiresharkwireshark1.10.3
wiresharkwireshark1.10.4
wiresharkwireshark1.10.5
wiresharkwireshark1.10.6
wiresharkwireshark1.10.7
wiresharkwireshark1.10.8
wiresharkwireshark1.10.9
wiresharkwireshark1.10.10
wiresharkwireshark1.10.11
wiresharkwireshark1.10.12
wiresharkwireshark1.10.13
wiresharkwireshark1.12.0
wiresharkwireshark1.12.1
wiresharkwireshark1.12.2
wiresharkwireshark1.12.3
wiresharkwireshark1.12.4

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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