{"id":"CVE-2015-8729","details":"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application crash) via a crafted file.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:15:16.484384Z","published":"2016-01-04T05:59:20Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:15:16.484384Z","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-2015-47.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-05"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11794"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79382"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034551"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338da1c0ea0b2f8595d3a7b6d6c9548f7da3e27b"}],"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"}]}