usn-3986-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-05-16 15:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
Wireshark vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Wireshark improperly handled certain input. A remote or local attacker could cause Wireshark to crash by injecting malform packets onto the wire or convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Wireshark improperly handled certain input. A remote or\nlocal attacker could cause Wireshark to crash by injecting malform packets onto\nthe wire or convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.\n",
  "id": "USN-3986-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:37Z",
  "published": "2019-05-16T15:29:24Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3986-1"
    },
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "Wireshark vulnerabilities",
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}



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