CVE-2015-8741
N/A
Published: January 4, 2016 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11876Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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