DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8721

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8721
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8721.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8721
Published
2016-01-04T05:59:11Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:24Z
Severity
  • 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

Buffer overflow in the tvbuncompress function in epan/tvbuffzlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1+g59ea380-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1+g59ea380-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1+g59ea380-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.1+g59ea380-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}