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CVE-2015-8739

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8739 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.0.x before 2.0.1, specifically within the IPMI dissector. A remote attacker can trigger an assertion failure and application exit by sending a crafted packet due to improper memory access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high impact on availability, requiring user interaction. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-38994) detailing an assertion failure, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-38994 · Dec 16, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0420 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8739Moderate

wireshark: IPMI dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2015-57)

Dec 29, 2015

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201604-05
securityfocus.com / bid/79382
securitytracker.com / id/1034551
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2015-57.html
Vendor Advisory