Double free vulnerability in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1,…

Description

Double free vulnerability in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1, when the "Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM" option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• DSA-3505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-37.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 79814 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• GLSA-201604-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1034551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81dfe6d450ada42d12f20ac26a6d8ae2302df37e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2015-8718](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2015-8718.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-8718)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 08:29 UTC.