CVE-2015-8721

5.5 MEDIUM

Published: January 04, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-40.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11548

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cec0593ae6c3bca65eff65741c2a10f3de3e0afe

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505