CVE-2015-8713 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted packets due to improper memory reservation in the UMTS FP dissector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8713?
CVE-2015-8713 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 4 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not properly reserve memory for channel ID mappings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8713?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8713?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-8713 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8713 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8713, GHSA-7f63-6ww4-w6xm, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8713.