5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2015-8739

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

Vulnerability Summary

The ipmi_fmt_udpport function in epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi.c in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x prior to 2.0.1 improperly attempts to access a packet scope, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet.

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Vendor Advisories

The ipmi_fmt_udpport function in epan/dissectors/packet-ipmic in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 20x before 201 improperly attempts to access a packet scope, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet ...

Exploits

Source: codegooglecom/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=662 The following crash due to an asserion failure 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 --- ERROR:wmem_corec:50:wmem_alloc: assertion failed: (allocator->i ...