CVE-2015-8726 (GCVE-0-2015-8726)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-01-04 02:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:29
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
cve@mitre.org http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
cve@mitre.org http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-44.html Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11789
cve@mitre.org https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11791
cve@mitre.org https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=185911de7d337246044c8e99da2f5b4bac74c0d5
cve@mitre.org https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8fa3d463c1bdd9b84c897441e7a5c8ad1f0f292
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-44.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11789
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11791
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=185911de7d337246044c8e99da2f5b4bac74c0d5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b8fa3d463c1bdd9b84c897441e7a5c8ad1f0f292
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
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