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CVE-2015-8741

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Description

The dissect_ppi function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppi.c in the PPI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not initialize a packet-header data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published1/4/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wireshark:wireshark

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11876(cve@mitre.org)

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2290eba5cb25f927f9142680193ac1158d35506e(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11876(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2290eba5cb25f927f9142680193ac1158d35506e(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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