Denial of Service and Application Crash via Crafted Packet in Wireshark 1.12.x

CVE-2015-7830 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The pcapng_read_if_descr_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcapng parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.8 uses too many levels of pointer indirection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect free and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers interface-filter copying.

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