Vigil@nce - Wireshark: denial of service via the MIME parser
October 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Wireshark.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 24/09/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via the MIME parser of
Wireshark, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Wireshark-denial-of-service-via-the-MIME-parser-33405