vulnerability

Wireshark : CVE-2015-8734 : NWP dissector crash

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2016
Added
Oct 4, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

The dissect_nwp function in epan/dissectors/packet-nwp.c in the NWP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 mishandles the packet type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Solution

wireshark-upgrade-2_0_1
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