CVE-2015-8718 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via crafted packets when a specific NLM dissector option is enabled, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- 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-2015-8718?
CVE-2015-8718 is a medium-severity use after free 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
Double free vulnerability in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1, when the "Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM" option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8718?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8718?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2015-8718 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8718 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8718, GHSA-6f3w-5x95-c4m7, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8718.