Uninitialized Memory Address Vulnerability in Wireshark's netmonrec_comment_destroy Function

CVE-2018-6836 · HIGH Severity

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

The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark through 2.4.4 performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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