CVE-2015-8726 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted file due to insufficient validation in the VeriWave parser.
- 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-2015-8726?
CVE-2015-8726 is a medium-severity denial of service 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
wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate certain signature and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8726?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8726?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-8726 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-8726 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8726, GHSA-xvf3-2285-frhr, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8726.