CVE-2015-8741
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The dissect_ppi function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppi.c in the PPI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not initialize a packet-header data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (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 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.0.0 | |
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11876
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2290eba5cb25f927f9142680193ac1158d35506e
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8741
CWEs
CWE-20
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