CVE-2015-8726

Description

wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate certain signature and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8fa3d463c1bdd9b84c897441e7a5c8ad1f0f292

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=185911de7d337246044c8e99da2f5b4bac74c0d5

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11791

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11789

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-44.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3