The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-07-24T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:28:05.540Z

Reserved: 2012-07-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4048

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-24T19:55:00.877

Modified: 2017-09-19T01:35:16.200

Link: CVE-2012-4048

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-07-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4048 - Bugzilla