Denial of service vulnerability in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark in Wireshark via a crafted packet| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:5178 | Date: (C)2012-04-18 (M)2023-12-02 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 and is prone to denial of service vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector. Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause denial of service (infinite loop).
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
