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CVE-2015-8736

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% 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 mp2t_find_next_pcr function in wiretap/mp2t.c in the MP2T file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not reserve memory for a trailer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: 2.0.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-54.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11820
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=baa3eab78b422616a92ee38551c1b1510dca4ccb
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-54.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11820
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=baa3eab78b422616a92ee38551c1b1510dca4ccb
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

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