Is CVE-2015-0561 being actively exploited?

CVE-2015-0561 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-0561?

CVE-2015-0561 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2015-0561

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD

asn1/lpp/lpp.cnf in the LPP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 does not validate a certain index value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 5.6% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2015-0574)
Published: January 10, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-0574 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
oracle / solaris
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark
wireshark / wireshark

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00053.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62612(Broken Link)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-02.html(Vendor Advisory)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10773(Issue Tracking)
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e96830156bea314207b97315ccebd605317f142

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

Query CVEs from your AI assistant

The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.

Add the CVE brain