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CVE-2020-26418 (GCVE-0-2020-26418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-11 17:27 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:56
VLAI
Summary
Memory leak in Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.
Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Missing release of memory after effective lifetime in Wireshark
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 3.4.0
Affected: >=3.2.0 to <3.2.9
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