CVE-2015-6248 (GCVE-0-2015-6248)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-24 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:15
VLAI
Summary
The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2015-08-11 00:00
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