The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:21.650Z

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

Link: CVE-2015-8729

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-04T05:59:20.003

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:28:40.423

Link: CVE-2015-8729

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2015-8729 - Bugzilla