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CVE-2015-8729

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 4.12%

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

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CVE
CVE-2015-8729
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
4.12%

Original NVD 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.