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wnpa-sec-2015-55 · MP2T file parser crash

Summary

Name: MP2T file parser crash

Docid: wnpa-sec-2015-55

Date: December 29, 2015

Affected versions: 2.0.0

Fixed versions: 2.0.1

References:

Wireshark issue 11821.
CVE-2015-8737.

Details

Description

The MP2T file parser could crash. Discovered by Mateusz Jurczyk .

Impact

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Resolution

Upgrade to Wireshark 2.0.1 or later.