CVE-2015-8720

MEDIUM

Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.9 and 2.0.x < 2.0.1 - Denial of Service via BER Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-39.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 24.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (9)
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.6
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.7
wireshark/wireshark 1.12.8
Published Jan 04, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026