CVE-2015-8723

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8723
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-04 05:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:28:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.12.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3505-1 wireshark DEBIAN www.debian.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2015-42 · 802.11 decryption crash CONFIRM www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201604-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Wireshark Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
Bug 11790 – Wireshark stack-based buffer overflow in AirPDcapPacketProcess CONFIRM bugs.wireshark.org
Wireshark Multiple Dissector/Parser Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit CONFIRM code.wireshark.org
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - January 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671108 EulerOS Security Update for wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)
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