The vulnerability in the packet-kismet.c script of the Kismet protocol allows a hacker to cause a service failure. This vulnerability is exploited by hackers to disrupt the functioning of Kismet, a network traffic analyzer tool used in Wireshark.

The vulnerability in the packet-kismet.c script of the Kismet protocol, a traffic analyzer for computer networks developed by Wireshark, involves allowing the operation to escape out of the buffer and into memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...