NULL Pointer Misuse in MSNIP Dissector of Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12

NULL Pointer Misuse in MSNIP Dissector of Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12

CVE-2017-9343 · MEDIUM Severity

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

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the MSNIP dissector misuses a NULL pointer. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-msnip.c by validating an IPv4 address.

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