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CVE-2015-8721

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 1.70%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-01-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-8721
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
1.70%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.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.