VDB
CVE-2015-8729
CVE-2015-8729
PUBLISHED
The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
EPSS 0.88% · 75.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.88%
75.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1, 0, 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 2.4.5-1, 2.4.3-1, 2.4.4-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 1.10.2-1, 1.10.6-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Wireshark - ascend_seek Static Out-of-Bounds Read (0day-today)
- Wireshark - ascend_seek Static Out-of-Bounds Read (0day-today)
Timeline
- Dec 16, 2015 PoC Published
- Jan 4, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8729 third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794 third-party-advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8729 third-party-advisory