Vulnerability Details CVE-2015-8723
The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.013
EPSS Ranking 78.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11790
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b283181c63cb28bc6f58d80315eccca6650da0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11790
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b283181c63cb28bc6f58d80315eccca6650da0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
Products affected by CVE-2015-8723
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8