CVE-2011-1956
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-06-06 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 22:46
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
The bytes_repr_len function in Wireshark 1.4.5 uses an incorrect pointer argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via arbitrary TCP traffic.
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