CVE-2015-8723
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · Improper input validation
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.htmlAdvisory
- 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
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11790
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b283181c63cb28bc6f58d80315eccca6650da0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05