vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8733): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 4, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
The ngsniffer_process_record function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationships between record lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2015-8733
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8733
- CWE-20
- DEBIAN-DSA-3505
- URL-http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-51.html
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11827
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=53a3e53fce30523d11ab3df319fba7b75d63076f
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8733
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