vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2015-8728): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 4, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
The Mobile Identity parser in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM A dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly uses the tvb_bcd_dig_to_wmem_packet_str function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-wireshark
References
- CVE-2015-8728
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8728
- CWE-20
- DEBIAN-DSA-3505
- EUVD-EUVD-2015-8605
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-46.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11797
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=15edc8d714b11dcff3a04e5d00b8db9adfdb81ed
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8605
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8728
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