CVE-2015-6248

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.6

Description The issue is related to the ptvcursor add function in the ptvcursor implementation, which does not check if the expected amount of data is available. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted packet.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.12.x through 1.12.6, update to version 1.12.7 or later to resolve the issue.