Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Wireshark Mobile Identity Parser

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Wireshark Mobile Identity Parser

CVE-2015-8728 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The Mobile Identity parser in (1) epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM A dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly uses the tvb_bcd_dig_to_wmem_packet_str function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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