CVE-2015-7830

It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly parse PCAP Next Generation Dump File Format (PCAPNG) files. By tricking an unsuspecting user into opening specially crafted PCAPNG files, An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the file.

This issue affects the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.