{"id":"CVE-2015-8712","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-8712","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:28.797Z","title":"The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not validate the number of PDUs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…","description":"The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info function in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not validate the number of PDUs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.","published":"2016-01-04T05:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:35:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark"],"epss":{"score":0.01518,"percentile":0.74383,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.02544,"percentile":0.84208},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.01539,"percentile":0.73786}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79816","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-32.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11602","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ae329a47b7f0ac94089c23e79c6b8bc18ba80ea","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79816","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-32.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11602","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2ae329a47b7f0ac94089c23e79c6b8bc18ba80ea","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8712","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}