CVE-2015-8720

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8720
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-01-04T05:59:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-07T18:29:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-39.html Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=921bb07115fbffc081ec56a5022b4a9d58db6d39
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8720
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8720
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:58:27 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:47:19 2016-01-04T05:59Z 2016-01-04T05:59:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 07:47:19 2016-12-07T18:29:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 07:47:19 Modified Vulnerability Status updated