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CVE-2015-8725
published 2016-01-04

CVE-2015-8725: The dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and…

PriorityP433medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
5.49%
91.8th percentile
The dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the IPv6 prefix length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected

15 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
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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