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CVE-2015-8728
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…
Medium5.5EPSS 4.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-46.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 79382 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=15edc8d714b11dcff3a04e5d00b8db9adfdb81ed (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11797 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1034551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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)
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