Uninitialized ID Vulnerability in Wireshark SES Dissector

Uninitialized ID Vulnerability in Wireshark SES Dissector

CVE-2014-6428 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The dissect_spdu function in epan/dissectors/packet-ses.c in the SES dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not initialize a certain ID value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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