Denial of Service in Wireshark 1.12.x LLDP Dissector

CVE-2015-2190 · MEDIUM Severity

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

epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.4 does not properly handle integer data types greater than 32 bits in size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet that is improperly handled by the LLDP dissector.

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