CVE-2008-4684 (GCVE-0-2008-4684)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-22 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
VLAI
Summary
packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2008-10-20 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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}



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