Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2012-5238

epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.

EPSS: 0.009 (56.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Wireshark — versions 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

References