CVE-2015-8726

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8726
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-01-04T05:59:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-12-07T18:29:42
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.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
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11791
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=b8fa3d463c1bdd9b84c897441e7a5c8ad1f0f292
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=185911de7d337246044c8e99da2f5b4bac74c0d5
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11789
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-44.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
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-2015-8726
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8726
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:58:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 07:47:34 2016-01-04T05:59Z 2016-01-04T05:59:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 07:47:34 2016-12-07T18:29:42 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 07:47:34 Modified Vulnerability Status updated