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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 5652] New: Freeing uninitialized pointer when reading a ma

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 14:47:48 -0800 (PST)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652

           Summary: Freeing uninitialized pointer when reading a malformed
                    pcap-ng file
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: SVN
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Critical
          Priority: Low
         Component: TShark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


Created an attachment (id=5884)
 --> (https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=5884)
Capture file that triggers the bad free.

Build Information:
Paste the COMPLETE build information from "Help->About Wireshark", "wireshark
-v", or "tshark -v".
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Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response Team discovered that an
uninitialized pointer could be freed while reading a malformed pcap-ng file.

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