T.38 Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark

CVE-2024-2955

Summary

A vulnerability in the T.38 dissector of Wireshark allows for a denial of service attack when an attacker injects specially crafted packets or uses a malicious capture file. Affected versions from 4.2.0 to 4.0.3 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.13 of Wireshark are susceptible to this issue, which can cause crashes and impede the application’s functionality. This presents a significant risk for users reliant on Wireshark for network analysis and monitoring.

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