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Medium

CVE-2015-8726

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.

VectorLOCAL

PublishedJan 04, 2016, 05:59

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Base Score

Score5.5

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-44.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11789
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11791
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=185911de7d337246044c8e99da2f5b4bac74c0d5
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8fa3d463c1bdd9b84c897441e7a5c8ad1f0f292
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

Weakness Type

CWE-20

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

5.5

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Base SeverityMedium

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

LOCAL