CVEs-PoC/2015/CVE-2015-8741.md

CVE-2015-8741

Description

The dissect_ppi function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppi.c in the PPI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not initialize a packet-header data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

POC

Reference

• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.html
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-59.html

Github

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