CVEs-PoC/2015/CVE-2015-8721.md

CVE-2015-8721

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/brianhigh/us-cert-bulletins