CVE-2015-8732

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The dissect_zcl_pwr_prof_pwrprofstatersp function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-zcl-general.c in the ZigBee ZCL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the Total Profile Number field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 1.12.0, 1.12.1, 1.12.2, 1.12.3, 1.12.4, 1.12.5 (+4)

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-50.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11830
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9352616ec9742f2ed3d2802d0c8c100d51ca410b
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb0c034f6e4cdbf5ae36dd9ba8e2743630b7bd38
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382

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