Vulnerability CVE-2015-3810
Published: 2015-05-26

Description:
epan/dissectors/packet-websocket.c in the WebSocket dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 uses a recursive algorithm, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted packet.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
6.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Wireshark -> Wireshark 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3277
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74629
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-13.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10989
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=4ee6bcbd2e03a25f1e6b0239558d9edeaf8040c0
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-03
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