CVE-2015-8733

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

04/01/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:::::::*

CVE-2015-8733

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools