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Vulnerability details: VCID-45sc-9muj-ybar
Vulnerability ID VCID-45sc-9muj-ybar
Aliases CVE-2015-8734
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges and remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
epss 0.00093 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8734
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8734
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8734.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8734
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11726
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9b2c889abe0219fc162659e106c5b95deb6268f3
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8734
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-52.html
1296083 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296083
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-8734 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8734
GLSA-201604-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8734
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8734
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.26015
EPSS Score 0.00093
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:23.307013+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 38.0.0