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

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (7)

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

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-43.html

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11792

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aaa28a9d39158ca1033bbd3372cf423abbf4f202

[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 0.0074

EPSS Percentile 72.9%

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-119 CWE-20

Status published

Products (10)

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

wireshark/wireshark 2.0.0

Published Jan 04, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026