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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-04T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:21.621Z

Reserved: 2016-01-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8724

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-04T05:59:14.860

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:28:40.110

Link: CVE-2015-8724

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-12-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8724 - Bugzilla