Description
The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
Published: 2016-01-04
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3505-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8606 The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:21.650Z

Reserved: 2016-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8729

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-04T05:59:20.003

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8729

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-12-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8729 - Bugzilla

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