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CVE-2015-8734

Date: January 3, 2016

The dissect_nwp function in epan/dissectors/packet-nwp.c in the NWP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 mishandles the packet type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8734
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8734
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11726
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-52.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8734
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9b2c889abe0219fc162659e106c5b95deb6268f3
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8734

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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