CVE-2015-8741

wireshark: PPI dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-59)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 29, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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.

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 not specified