CVE-2015-8737

published 2016-01-04

CVE-2015-8737: The mp2t_open function in wiretap/mp2t.c in the MP2T file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the bit rate, which allows remote attackers…

Priority P4 15 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C N I N A H

The mp2t_open function in wiretap/mp2t.c in the MP2T file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the bit rate, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected

6 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	>= 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

nvd v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv 5.5 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.5 MEDIUM

vendor_redhat 5.5 MEDIUM

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