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CVE-2015-8742
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2016-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-20
Description
The dissect_CPMSetBindings function in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c in the MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the column size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected products
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-60.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11931
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d48b0eff28c995947ac3f8d842ddd9b50dd5798d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-60.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11931
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d48b0eff28c995947ac3f8d842ddd9b50dd5798d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
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