DOCSIS dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark | Wireshark | 4.2.0 (including) | 4.2.0 (including) |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | xenial | * |