CVE-2015-8733 | BDVDB-2026-73637 Detail
Description#
The ngsniffer_process_record function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationships between record lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=53a3e53fce30523d11ab3df319fba7b75d63076f
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11827
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-51.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.