Wireshark · Wireshark · CVE-2013-3558
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.6
**Description**
The issue is related to the dissect ccp bsdcomp opt function in the PPP CCP dissector, which does not properly terminate a bit-field list. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by sending a malformed packet.
**Recommendations**
For Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.6, update to version 1.8.7 or later to resolve the issue.