Buffer Overflow in Wireshark PPP Dissector Allows Remote Denial of Service

Buffer Overflow in Wireshark PPP Dissector Allows Remote Denial of Service

CVE-2013-4076 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Buffer overflow in the dissect_iphc_crtp_fh function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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