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CVE-2015-8726
published 2016-01-04

CVE-2015-8726: wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate certain signature and Modulation and…

PriorityP425medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
4.64%
90.6th percentile
wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate certain signature and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

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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