CVE-2015-8722

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the frame pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet.

References (9)

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-41.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11767

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b32d505a59475d51d9b2bed5f0869d2d154e8b6

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2259bf8a827088081bef101f98e4983de8aa8099

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (10)

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

wireshark/wireshark

Timeline

Published Jan 04, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026