Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 4, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8729
CVE-2015-8729
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.
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Affected products
29cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.12.9 (1.12.x) and <2.0.1 (2.0.x)
- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 2.2.2-1.1+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-0.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.9-22.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551nvd
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05nvd
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