{"id":"CVE-2015-8724","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-8724","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:56.651Z","title":"The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…","description":"The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.","published":"2016-01-04T05:59:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:35:07.000Z","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":0.04331,"percentile":0.91123,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.06364,"percentile":0.93426},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.04331,"percentile":0.90752}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2015-12-22","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":39077,"kind":"exploit","title":"Wireshark - 'AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey' Heap Out-of-Bounds Read (1)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39077","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/39077.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/dos/39077.txt","published":"2015-12-22","added":"2015-12-22","updated":"2015-12-22","author":"Google Security Research","type":"dos","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2015-8724","OSVDB-132140"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=657"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"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/79382","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-42.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11826","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f2818118ae255db949bb3a4b3a26ebd1c5f7c5","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/79382","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-2015-42.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11826","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f2818118ae255db949bb3a4b3a26ebd1c5f7c5","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-2015-8724","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."}