CVE-2015-8726
published 2016-01-04CVE-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
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 | 2.0.1+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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Red Hat
wireshark: VeriWave file parser crashes (wnpa-sec-2015-44)
vendor_redhat·2015-12-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8726 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 wireshark: VeriWave file parser crashes (wnpa-sec-2015-44)
wireshark: VeriWave file parser crashes (wnpa-sec-2015-44)
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.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2015-8726: wireshark - wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and ...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8726 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8726: wireshark - wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and ...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.0.1+g59ea380-1)
GHSA
GHSA-xvf3-2285-frhr: wiretap/vwr
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2015-8726 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-xvf3-2285-frhr: wiretap/vwr
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.
OSV
CVE-2015-8726: wiretap/vwr
osv·2016-01-04·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2015-8726 [MEDIUM] CVE-2015-8726: wiretap/vwr
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.
No detection rules found.
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-44.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11789https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11791https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=185911de7d337246044c8e99da2f5b4bac74c0d5https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8fa3d463c1bdd9b84c897441e7a5c8ad1f0f292https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-44.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11789https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11791https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=185911de7d337246044c8e99da2f5b4bac74c0d5https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8fa3d463c1bdd9b84c897441e7a5c8ad1f0f292https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
2016-01-04
Published