gsd-2011-0538
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:19
Details
Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0 frees an uninitialized pointer during processing of a .pcap file in the pcap-ng format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed file.
Aliases
Aliases



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      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-09-19T01:32Z",
      "publishedDate": "2011-02-08T22:00Z"
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  }
}


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