CVE-2015-2189: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Off-by-one error in the pcapng_read function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via an invalid Interface Statistics Block (ISB) interface ID in a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Mageia Mageia: version 4.0 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Oracle Linux: version 7 only
• Oracle Solaris: version 11.2 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.10.0 only; version 1.10.1 only; version 1.10.2 only; version 1.10.3 only; version 1.10.4 only; version 1.10.5 only; …

Published 2015-03-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.