{
    "id": "CVE-2015-8729",
    "published": "2016-01-04 05:59:20",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:35:07",
    "cvss_score": "5.5",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.04115",
    "epss_percentile": "0.90477",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "wireshark",
            "product": "wireshark"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "39001",
            "title": "Wireshark - ascend_seek Static Out-of-Bounds Read",
            "date": "2015-12-16",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39001"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551",
        "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.html",
        "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794",
        "https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551",
        "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-47.html",
        "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794",
        "https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05"
    ]
}