Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8718
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
Double free vulnerability in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1, when the "Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM" option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.
Published Date
January 4, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory