CVE-2015-8723

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    CVE-2015-8723

    Published: 4 Jan 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The AirPDcapPacketProcess 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 validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11790, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b283181c63cb28bc6f58d80315eccca6650da0

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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