The vulnerability of the frame_add_comment() function (epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c) in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the frameaddcomment function in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer program epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c is related to an uncontrolled and exploitable condition. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a attacker to cause service failures...

PT-2014-1765

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.10.x through 1.10.7 Description The issue arises from the interpretation of negative integers as length values in the dissect frame function, located in epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c, within the frame metadissector of...