Published: 04/01/2016 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 435

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The mp2t_find_next_pcr function in wiretap/mp2t.c in the MP2T file parser in Wireshark 2.0.x prior to 2.0.1 does not reserve memory for a trailer, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted file.

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The mp2t_find_next_pcr function in wiretap/mp2tc in the MP2T file parser in Wireshark 20x before 201 does not reserve memory for a trailer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted file ...

Source: codegooglecom/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=655 The following crash due to a stack-based buffer overflow can be observed in an ASAN build of Wireshark (current git master), by feeding a malformed file to tshark ("$ /tshark -nVxr /path/to/file"): --- cut --- ==3325==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow on ...

CWE-20 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11820 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-54.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=baa3eab78b422616a92ee38551c1b1510dca4ccb https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38997/https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8736

CVE-2015-8736

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