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Vulnerability details: VCID-euhm-rmej-bqb4
Vulnerability ID VCID-euhm-rmej-bqb4
Aliases CVE-2015-8735
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 2.0
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
epss 0.00597 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8735
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8735
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8735.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8735
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11817
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83bad0215dae54e77d34f8b187900125f672366e
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8735
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-53.html
1296084 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296084
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-2015-8735 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8735
CVE-2015-8735;OSVDB-131891 Exploit https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=653
CVE-2015-8735;OSVDB-131891 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/38998.txt
GLSA-201604-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Dec. 16, 2015
Description Wireshark - memcpy 'get_value / dissect_btatt' SIGSEGV
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Dec. 16, 2015
Exploit type dos
Platform multiple
Source update date Dec. 16, 2015
Source URL https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=653
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8735
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-2015-8735
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 0.69309
EPSS Score 0.00597
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:23.325030+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 38.0.0