VDB
CVE-2015-8724
CVE-2015-8724
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey 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 verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
EPSS 4.33% · 90.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
4.33%
90.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 1.10.2-1, 1.10.3-1, 1.10.5-1ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Dec 22, 2015 PoC Published
- Jan 4, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 18, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8724 third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=83f2818118ae255db949bb3a4b3a26ebd1c5f7c5 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11826 third-party-advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8724 third-party-advisory