Buffer Overflow in LDP Dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x

CVE-2012-5240 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in the LDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed packet.

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