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CVE-2015-8727

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8727 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the RSVP dissector of Wireshark versions 1.12.x prior to 1.12.9 and 2.0.x prior to 2.0.1. This flaw, residing in the dissect_rsvp_common function, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and application crash through a specially crafted packet. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high availability impact (A:H). While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-39002), though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39002 · Dec 16, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0417 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8727Moderate

wireshark: RSVP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-45)

Dec 29, 2015

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201604-05
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3505
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
securityfocus.com / bid/79382
securitytracker.com / id/1034551
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2015-45.html
Vendor Advisory