CVE-2015-8724

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

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References

Timeline

Published: Jan 4, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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