Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

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.

Published

2016-01-04T05:59:16.813

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.0 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.1 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.2 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.3 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.4 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.5 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.6 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.7 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 1.12.8 Yes
Application wireshark wireshark 2.0.0 Yes
References