DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8729

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8729 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	wireshark	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	wireshark	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	wireshark	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	wireshark	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jan 4, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8729 advisory

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