Source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53652/info Wireshark is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly allocate memory. Successful exploits may allow attacker to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. Wireshark 1.4.0 to 1.4.12 and 1.6.0 to 1.6.7 are vulnerable. PoC: http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18918.pcap --------------------------------------------------------------- Source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53651/info Wireshark is prone to multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these issues to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. Wireshark versions 1.6.0 through 1.6.7 and versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.12 are vulnerable. PoC: http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18919-1.pcap http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18919-2.pcap http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18919-3.pcap http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18919-4.pcap http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18919-5.pcap http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18919-6.pcap http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18919-7.pcap http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18919-8.pcap --------------------------------------------------------------- Source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53653/info Wireshark is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users. Wireshark versions 1.6.0 through 1.6.7 and versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.12 are vulnerable. PoC: http://www.exploit-db.com/sploits/18920.pcap