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CVE-2015-8723
published 2016-01-04

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…

PriorityP433medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
4.92%
91.0th percentile
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.

Affected

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianwireshark< wireshark 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 (bookworm)wireshark 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 (bookworm)
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark>= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-12.0.1+g59ea380-1
wiresharkwireshark>= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-12.0.1+g59ea380-1
wiresharkwireshark>= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-12.0.1+g59ea380-1
wiresharkwireshark>= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-12.0.1+g59ea380-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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