The host is installed with Wireshark 3.6.x before 3.6.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.12 or 4.2.x before 4.2.1and is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly handle the IEEE 1609.2 dissector. Successful exploitation allows atackers to crash wireshark by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.