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CVE-2015-8728

CVE-2015-8728

EPSS 5.0%
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.
Affected products
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public PoCs found — 1
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References
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11797https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=15edc8d714b11dcff3a04e5d00b8db9adfdb81edhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-46.html