CVE-2018-6836

Summary

The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark through 2.4.4 performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/2/wiretap/netmon.c
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28960d79cca262ac6b974f339697b299a1e28fef
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14397
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/

References

• https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/2/wiretap/netmon.c
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=28960d79cca262ac6b974f339697b299a1e28fef
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14397
• https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/

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