CVE-2015-8728 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via buffer overflow in Wireshark's Mobile Identity parser using crafted packets.
- 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-2015-8728?
CVE-2015-8728 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
The Mobile Identity parser in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM A dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly uses the tvb_bcd_dig_to_wmem_packet_str function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8728?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8728?
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-2015-8728 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-8728 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8728, GHSA-9vmv-xmqg-mj5h, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8728.