VDB
CVE-2015-8728
CVE-2015-8728
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 4.73% · 91.3th 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
4.73%
91.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | *, *, * |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 1.10.2-1, 1.10.3-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 2.4.2-1, 2.4.5-1 |
Timeline
- Dec 16, 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-2015-8728 third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=15edc8d714b11dcff3a04e5d00b8db9adfdb81ed third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11797 third-party-advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-46.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8728 third-party-advisory