Uninitialized Data Structure Vulnerability in Wireshark PPI Dissector

CVE-2015-8741 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The dissect_ppi function in epan/dissectors/packet-ppi.c in the PPI dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not initialize a packet-header data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

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