Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark 1.8.x

CVE-2012-4286 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted pcap-ng file.

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