FKIE_CVE-2015-8722

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-01-04 05:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the frame pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-41.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11767
cve@mitre.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b32d505a59475d51d9b2bed5f0869d2d154e8b6
cve@mitre.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2259bf8a827088081bef101f98e4983de8aa8099
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-41.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11767
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b32d505a59475d51d9b2bed5f0869d2d154e8b6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2259bf8a827088081bef101f98e4983de8aa8099
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 1.12.0
wireshark wireshark 1.12.1
wireshark wireshark 1.12.2
wireshark wireshark 1.12.3
wireshark wireshark 1.12.4
wireshark wireshark 1.12.5
wireshark wireshark 1.12.6
wireshark wireshark 1.12.7
wireshark wireshark 1.12.8
wireshark wireshark 2.0.0
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