CVE-2015-8718 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-37.html https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=81dfe6d450ada42d12f20ac26a6d8ae2302df37e https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5