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Vulnerability details: VCID-5mza-k247-uka3
Vulnerability ID VCID-5mza-k247-uka3
Aliases CVE-2015-8722
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 (2)
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
epss 0.00076 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8722
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8722
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8722.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8722
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11767
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b32d505a59475d51d9b2bed5f0869d2d154e8b6
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2259bf8a827088081bef101f98e4983de8aa8099
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7830
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8711
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8712
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8713
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8714
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8715
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8716
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8717
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8718
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8719
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8720
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8721
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8722
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8723
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8724
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8725
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8726
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8727
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8728
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8729
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8730
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8732
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8733
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-41.html
1296066 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296066
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2015-8722 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8722
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-2015-8722
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-2015-8722
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 0.22632
EPSS Score 0.00076
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:23.076355+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 38.0.0