{"id":"CVE-2015-8720","details":"The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:12:56.717233Z","published":"2016-01-04T05:59:10Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:0109-1","SUSE-SU-2016:0110-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-39.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=921bb07115fbffc081ec56a5022b4a9d58db6d39"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}