CVE-2018-6836: wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.8

The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark through 2.4.4 performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.