Denial of Service in Wireshark 1.12.x via proto_tree_add_bytes_item Vulnerability

CVE-2015-6241 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The proto_tree_add_bytes_item function in epan/proto.c in the protocol-tree implementation in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not properly terminate a data structure after a failure to locate a number within a string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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