CVE-2015-8725

MEDIUM

Wireshark - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

The dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the IPv6 prefix 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 WRITEUP
dosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39003

References (7)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0074
EPSS Percentile 72.5%
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-119 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