CVE-2015-8723

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Google Security Research · textdosmultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39005

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (8)

[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-2015-42.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11790

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b283181c63cb28bc6f58d80315eccca6650da0

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382

[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 0.0126

EPSS Percentile 79.2%

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-119 CWE-20

Status draft

Affected Products (9)

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