Memory Consumption and Application Crash Vulnerability in Wireshark MS-WSP Dissector

Memory Consumption and Application Crash Vulnerability in Wireshark MS-WSP Dissector

CVE-2015-8742 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The dissect_CPMSetBindings function in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c in the MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the column size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet.

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