CVE-2015-7830: Oracle Solaris

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The pcapng_read_if_descr_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.8 uses too many levels of pointer indirection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect free and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers interface-filter copying.

Affected products

• Oracle Solaris: version 11.3 only
• Wireshark Wireshark: version 1.12.0 only; version 1.12.1 only; version 1.12.2 only; version 1.12.3 only; version 1.12.4 only; version 1.12.5 only; …

Published 2015-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.