CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8737
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-01-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The mp2t_open function in wiretap/mp2t.c in the MP2T file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the bit rate, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
Affected configurations
• wireshark wireshark 2.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-55.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11821 bugs.wireshark.org
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e3fc691368af60bbbaec9e038ee6a6d3b7707955 code.wireshark.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-55.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11821 bugs.wireshark.org
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e3fc691368af60bbbaec9e038ee6a6d3b7707955 code.wireshark.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 security.gentoo.org