VDB
CVE-2015-8741
CVE-2015-8741
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
The dissect_ppi function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppi.c in the PPI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not initialize a packet-header data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
EPSS 1.41% · 71.7th 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
1.41%
71.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04, 2.0.2+ga16e22e-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 2.4.4-1, 0, 2.4.3-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 1.10.5-1ubuntu1, 1.10.5-2, 1.10.2-1 |
Timeline
- Jan 4, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 21, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 5, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8741 third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2290eba5cb25f927f9142680193ac1158d35506e third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11876 third-party-advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8741 third-party-advisory