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CVE-2008-4684

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2008-10-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.

Affected Platforms

Wireshark Wireshark

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References