CVE-2015-8742
Moderate
CVE-2015-8742
The dissect_CPMSetBindings function in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c in the MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the column size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.
Exploit probability
1.4%
Published
January 4, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-8742
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The dissect_CPMSetBindings function in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c in the MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the column size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-60.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11931
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d48b0eff28c995947ac3f8d842ddd9b50dd5798d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05