The vulnerability of the Wireshark Network Protocol Analyzer software allows a remote attacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information.

A vulnerability exists in the SnifferDecompress function in the wireshark/Wireshark DOS sniffer processing module, located in the wiretap/ngsniffer.c file. This vulnerability arises due to improper handling of empty input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows malicious individuals operating...

wireshark: DOS Sniffer file parser flaw (wnpa-sec-2014-19)

The SnifferDecompress function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the DOS Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not prevent data overwrites during copy operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted file...