CVE-2015-8724

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey 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 verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Google Security Research · textdosmultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39077

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=11826

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f2818118ae255db949bb3a4b3a26ebd1c5f7c5

[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 0.0077

EPSS Percentile 73.3%

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