Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8741
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
January 4, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory