Out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in LPP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x and 1.12.x

Out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in LPP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x and 1.12.x

CVE-2015-0561 · MEDIUM Severity

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

asn1/lpp/lpp.cnf in the LPP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.3 does not validate a certain index value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted packet.

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