wireshark: NBAP dissector crashes (wnpa-sec-2015-31)
Published Jan 4, 2016
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.76%
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate conversation data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.3
- 1.12.4
- 1.12.5
- 1.12.6
- 1.12.7
- 1.12.8
- 2.0.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wireshark
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wireshark
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wireshark | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01763) | 77.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01763) | 77.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 2.99% (0.02987) | 86.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01763) | 76.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.99% (0.02987) | 86.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01763) | 76.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 2.99% (0.02987) | 86.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01763) | 76.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 2.99% (0.02987) | 86.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01763) | 75.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00125) | 29.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 50.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 49.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 47.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3505 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79814 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-31.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8711 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11602 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11835 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11841 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296054 Issue Tracking
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=23379ae3624df82c170f48e5bb3250a97ec61c13 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b4ada17723ed8af7e85cb48d537437ed614e417 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5bf565690ad9f0771196d8fa237aa37fae3bb7cc x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8711
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8711
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-31
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