CVE-2015-8739: Wireshark

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ipmi_fmt_udpport function in epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi.c in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly attempts to access a packet scope, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet.

Affected products

• Wireshark Wireshark: version 2.0.0 only

Published 2016-01-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.