Security Advisory
CVE-2014-5161
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Vulnerability Description
The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda.c in the IrDA dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Published Date
August 1, 2014
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory