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Wireshark : CVE-2015-8713 : UMTS FP dissector crashes

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Jan 4, 2016

Added

Oct 4, 2017

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not properly reserve memory for channel ID mappings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Solution

wireshark-upgrade-1_12_9

References

CVE-2015-8713
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8713
CWE-119
CWE-20
EUVD-EUVD-2015-8590
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8590
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-32.html

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