Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 4, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-8741

Description

The dissect_ppi function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppi.c in the PPI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not initialize a packet-header data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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Affected products

Wireshark/Wireshark2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.1
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 2.2.2-1.1

Patches

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References

www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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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