CVE-2015-8733

wireshark: Sniffer file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2015-51)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 29, 2015

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

The ngsniffer_process_record function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationships between record lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-1286 · Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input