The ptvcursor_add function in the ptvcursor implementation in epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 does not check whether the expected amount of data is available, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-08-24T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:15:13.310Z

Reserved: 2015-08-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-6248

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-08-24T23:59:08.443

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:26:48.183

Link: CVE-2015-6248

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-08-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-6248 - Bugzilla