Improper Input Validation Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.12.9)[2.0.0, 2.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318122
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed4 Jan 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.12.9, 2.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

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