CVE-2015-8713
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not properly reserve memory for channel ID mappings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.0.1+g59ea380-1 |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79816
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-32.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11606
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67b6d4f7e6f2117b40957fd51518aa2a3e659002
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8713
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.