CVE-2015-8723 The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1

What is CVE-2015-8723?

CVE-2015-8723 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 4 Jan 2016.

Official description

The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8723?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8723?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8723 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-8723 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• CVE-2009-1266 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2009-1210 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8723, GHSA-h986-rmmv-vv7r, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8723.