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Vulnerability details: VCID-x595-fdzt-yuhg
Vulnerability ID VCID-x595-fdzt-yuhg
Aliases CVE-2015-8740
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 4.8
Risk 9.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
epss 0.03256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8740
cvssv3 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8740
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8740.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8740
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11846
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e78093f69f1e95df919bbe644baa06c7e4e720c0
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8740
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-58.html
1296089 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296089
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-2015-8740 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8740
GLSA-201604-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Dec. 16, 2015
Description Wireshark - dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix Stack Buffer Overflow
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=644
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8740
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:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8740
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 0.87079
EPSS Score 0.03256
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:23.416817+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 38.0.0