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CVE-2015-8728
published 2016-01-04

CVE-2015-8728: The Mobile Identity parser in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM A dissector…

PriorityP430medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
4.97%
91.1th percentile
The Mobile Identity parser in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM A dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly uses the tvb_bcd_dig_to_wmem_packet_str function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (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)
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wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
wiresharkwireshark
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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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