wireshark: WCCP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-01)
Published Jan 10, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.58%
Description
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c in the WCCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the use of packet-scope memory instead of pinfo-scope memory.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.1
- 1.10.2
- 1.10.3
- 1.10.4
- 1.10.5
- 1.10.6
- 1.10.7
- 1.10.8
- 1.10.9
- 1.10.10
- 1.10.11
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 74.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 72.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00215) | 42.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 69.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 67.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 63.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00053.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62612 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0559 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10720 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180167 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e843c6797db98bfceab382d5d7e76727e1014f5e x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0559
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0559
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-01.html
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00053.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/62612 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-01.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0559 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10720 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180167 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e843c6797db98bfceab382d5d7e76727e1014f5e | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0559 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0559 | ||
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-01.html |
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