vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2015-8737: wireshark -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2016
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The mp2t_open function in wiretap/mp2t.c in the MP2T file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the bit rate, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.

Solution

debian-upgrade-wireshark
Title
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