PT-2016-3990 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Published 2016-01-04 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-8742

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.1

Description The issue is related to the dissect CPMSetBindings function in the MS-WSP dissector, which does not validate the column size. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory consumption or application crash, via a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-8742

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 277

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8742 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8742 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-60.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8742 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5592 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1576 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2483 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1578 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6248 · Note