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CVE-2015-8729 Details

Description

The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794	CVE
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794	[email protected]
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.12.0 1.12.1 1.12.2 1.12.3 1.12.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

1.12.0

1.12.1

1.12.2

1.12.3

1.12.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 3, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 4, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]