Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in Wireshark WCP Dissector

Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in Wireshark WCP Dissector

CVE-2015-2188 · MEDIUM Severity

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

epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c in the WCP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly initialize a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled during decompression.

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