CVE-2015-8724
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8724
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8724.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8724
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-01-04T05:59:14Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11826
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f2818118ae255db949bb3a4b3a26ebd1c5f7c5