CVE-2015-8729
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 4, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 3, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b
- 79382vdb-entry
- DSA-3505vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201604-05vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.html
- 1034551vdb-entry
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